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EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. E. Cox. — Slag wool manufactured from basalt at 

 Footscray ; may be used in place of cotton wool for certain 

 purposes. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Marine shells — Spondyliis Americanus, 

 Lam., from West Indies ; 5. Wrightianus, Crosse, from North 

 Australia. 



By Mr. E. R. Hammet. — ^Native axe-head (polished) from 

 Fiji. 



By Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S. — Specimen of a young male 

 Red-crowned Fruit-Pigeon, Ptilinopus sivainsoni, Gld., from 

 Mallacoota, south-east Victoria. 



By Mr. J. P. M'Lennan. — Flower of Belle Siebrecht rose, 

 with Inids growing through the bloom, from Burnley Gardens. 



By ]\Iiss G. Nethercote. — Photographs of the transportation 

 of cases of wild-flowers for the recent exhibition across P'yans 

 Creek, Grampians. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher. — Blooms of Acacia salicina, Find., var. 

 WaycB, Maiden, syn. A. ligiilata, A. Cunn., "Shrubby Cooba," 

 South Australia, from Botanic Gardens. 



By Mr. J. Searle. — Fresh- water mollusc, Ancylus, sp., with 

 developing eggs. 



By Mr. H. W'hitmore. — Highly-coloured mudstone (Silurian), 

 from Camberwell raih\'ay cutting, and sample of pigment pre- 

 pared from same. 



By ^Ir. H. B. Williamson. — Dried specimens of Acacia 

 Bynocna, Benth., from Murrayville, N.W. Victoria — unrecorded 

 for Victoria. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



EXCURSION TO THE YOU YANGS. 



Only four members met at Spencer-street station for the 

 excursion to the You Yangs on Saturday, 15th September. It 

 was a beautiful morning as we left Little River and passed over 

 the basaltic plain country towards Station (or Minders) Peak. 

 Nearing the range, the volcanic soil gradually gave place to 

 tlie coarse, sandy soil marking proximity to the granite hills 

 from wliich it came. We found the approach from the east 

 unusually dry, and there were very few flowers in bloom. 

 The Snowy Mint-l)ush, Prostanthcra nivca, on this side was 

 just beginning to flower, and the introduced Tree Tobacco, 

 Nicotiana glauca, was further advanced. The fine plantation 

 of Golden Wattles, Acacia pycnantha, along the foot of the 

 range was about to burst into bloom. The ridge continued 

 dry right to the summit, l;ut there are some good specimens of 

 Acacia implexa, Casuarina quadrivalvis, Exocarpos cnpressi- 



