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By Mr. C. Daley, F.L.S.— Asbestos, showing gold deposited 

 by precipitation, from South Queensland. 



By Mr. J. E. Dixon.— Dried'^specimens of two rare Victorian 

 plants, Jasminmn linear e, R. Br., and Calostemma purpiireum, 

 R. Br., collected by exhibitor near Lake Hattah, Northern 

 Mallee. 



By Mr. A. L. Scott. — Rocks and clay containing crystals of 

 gypsum, from Mornington beach, Port Phillip ; granite from 

 Mount Eliza, near Frankston. 



By Mr. J. Searle.— Slides of the benign tertian malaria 

 parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, under the microscope. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Addendum to April Report. 



By an inadvertence Mr. H. B. WilHamson's reply to the 

 criticism on his paper was omitted. It was to the effect that 

 he had not suggested that if only one specimen of a plant had 

 been found in Victoria it should not appear in the Victorian 

 list, neither did he venture the opinion that any of the plants 

 contained in his lists should be omitted from the census. 



The Western Austrahan plants exhibited by Miss Amy 

 Fuller have been determined by Prof. A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, 

 Government Botanist, as follows : — Banksia Baueri, R. Br. ; 

 Callitris Roei, Beath ; Grevillea eriostachya, Lind. ; Hakea 

 Baxteri, R. Br. (in the absence of fruit this species is very 

 difficult to distinguish from H. Brownii) ; H. commutata, 

 F. V. M., in fruit (this species seems to be rather rare — no fruil 

 specimen in the Herbarium previously) ; H. multilineata, 

 Meissn. ; Helichrysum obtusifoliiim, Sond. and F. v. M. ; and 

 Physopsis spicata, Turcz. 



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Australian Trees and Shrubs. — ^With the desire of 

 bringing more directly under the notice of those who con- 

 template beautifying the surroundings of their homes the 

 value of Australian trees and shrubs for that purpose, Mr. 

 E. E. Pescott, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., Government Pomologist, 

 commenced a series of articles in the Journal of Agriculture, 

 Victoria, for March last, on " The Australian Flora from an 

 Ornamental Aspect," dealing in the opening article with some 

 of the eucalypts or gum-trees. Seeing that the author is a 

 practical man, and such a lover of Australian vegetation, the 

 articles cannot fail to supply a want which has often been 

 experienced both by public and private persons desiring to 

 plant to the best advantage. 



