Dandenong State Forest, Australia

albumen print

Albumen print on white card; Dandenong State Forest, Australia; collected by Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899) during his travels as a shipmaster; picture of mountain tree ferns in the Dandenong State Forest (very close to Melbourne, Australia); printed on front "D.MCDONALD, PHOTO, ST.KILDA." and "23-14/ DANDENONG STATE FOREST./ CLUSTER OF MOUNTAIN TREE FERNS (Alsophila Australis) on the Stony Range."