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By Mr. E. Cox. — Wolfram from Marysville district. 



By Miss C. Currie. — Moss, Dawsonia polytrichoides. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — Flowering branches of the Mudgee 

 Wattle, Acacia spectabilis. 



By Miss Fuller. — Flowering specimen of Bambusa japonica, 

 var. metake. These bamboos flower only once in their life- 

 time, dying when the flowering is completed. 



By Mr. G. F. Hill, F.E.S. — ^A large series of insects injurious 

 to vegetation, from the Northern Territory. 



By Mr. J. P. M'Lennan. — Galls on the roots of the White 

 Mulberry, caused by the Root-knot Eel-worm, Heterodcra 

 radicicola. 



By Mr. D. J. Paton. — Wild-flowers from the Bendigo district, 

 including Grevillea rosinarinifolia, Eriostemon obovalis, and 

 Hovea longi folia, from South Mandurang, and Hybanthus flori- 

 bundus, from Kangaroo Flat. 



By Mr. E. E. Pescott, F.L.S. — Twin leaf of Eucalyptus 

 rostrata, Schlec, River Red Gum — a paired leaf with only one 

 leaf-stalk. Flowers of Acacia Baileyana, var. aurea ; in this 

 variety the young foliage is of a golden colour. 



By Messrs. E. E. Pescott, F.L.S. , C. French, jun., and E. H. 

 Ising. — Flowers of the terrestrial orchids Corysanthes pruinosa, 

 R. Cunn., from Mentone ; Cyrtostylis rcnifonms, R. Br., from 

 Cheltenham ; Pterostylis concinna, R. Br., from Black Rock ; 

 P. vittata, Lind., P. peduncidata, P. nutans, and P. curta, from 

 Sandringham. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher. — Blooms of Phebalium [Eriostemon) 

 trilobum, Lindley, Two-lobe-leaved Mountain Myrtle (Victoria, 

 South Australia, and Tasmania) ; Trymaliuni Billardieri, Fenzl., 

 Labillardiere's Trymalium (Western Austraha) ; also 15 species 

 of Acacias from the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, many of the 

 species not being as a rule fit for exhibition until the September 

 meeting, viz. : — A. acinacea, A. cardiophylla, A. decora, A. 

 diffusa, A. discolor, A. jnniperina, A. leprosa, A. longifolia, 

 A. montana, A. nereifolia, A. pravissima, A. prominens, A. 

 venulosa, and A. verniciflua. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, loth September, 

 1917. 



The president, Mr. F. Pitcher, occupied the chair, and about 

 60 members and visitors were present. 



The chairman said that members would be grieved to learn 

 that since last meeting the Club had lost a fellow-member by 



