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Gnaphalium Japonicum, Thunb.— Japanese Cudweed. 

 Stuartina Muelleri, Sm. — Spoon Cudweed. 

 Erechtites arguta, D.C. — Rough Fire-weed. 



,, quadiidentata, D.C— Cotton P'ire-weed. 



* Senecio lautus, Sol. — Variable Senecio. 

 ^ * >. vagus, F. V. M.— Saw Senecio. 



r ,, dryadeus, Sieb. — Fire-weed .Senecio. 



* ,, brachvglossus, F. v. M.— Slender Senecio. 



re* ,, Cunni'nghamii, D.C— Branching Senecio. Digger's Re^t. 

 Arctotis australiensis, Beauv. (Cymbonotus Lawsonianus, Gaud.) 

 Microseris Fosteri, Hook, f.— Murrnong Yam. 



THE EXHIBITION OF WILD-FLOWERS. 



The following, which will be of interest to members and other 

 readers, is a copy of a letter sent to the Y.M.C.A. prior to the 

 holidays : — 



" 12th December, 1916. 



" C. F. Crosby, Esq., 



" President Young Men's Christian Association, Melbourne. 

 " Dear Sir, — We have very much pleasure, on behalf of the 

 Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, in enclosing herewith, for 

 your acceptance, as a donation to your Association's National 

 Fund for work among our soldiers, a cheque for the sum of 

 ;£i3i 6s. lod. 



"The amount is the total net proceeds derived from the Club's 

 annual wild-flower show, which was held in the Melbourne Town 

 Hall on 3rd October last. 



" The Club appreciates very highly your Association's work on 

 behalf of the soldiers, and is also grateful to all who assisted to 

 make the flower show such a success as to enable so satisfactory 

 a donation to be made to the fund mentioned. 

 " We are, yours sincerely, 



(Signed) "F. Pitcher, President. 



" J. Ci. O'DoNOGHUE, Secretary. 

 "Geo. Coghill, Treasurer." 



Commonwealth Military Survey. — For some years a 

 military survej' of the Commonwealth has been in progress, 

 and recently some of the resulting maps have been published. 

 Copies of some of these have been exhibited at recent Club 

 meetings ; but, as the maps are particularly useful to ramblers 

 such as field naturalists and others, it may be of service to 

 place a few particulars on record. The maps are on the generous 

 scale of one mile to one inch, and thus allow for greater detail 

 than has hitherto been attempted on the official maps of any 

 of the States. In this they resemble the famous Ordnance 

 maps of Great Britain. All existing roads are shown, with 



