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display, owing to the energy and enthusiasm of Miss G. Nether- 

 cote and her friends. Other Grampian flowers worthy of note 

 were Baiicra sessiliflora, Calytrix Sullivani, Conospcrmiim 

 Mitchdli, Grevillea aquifolium, Astroloina {Styphelia) cono- 

 stcpJioiJcs, and Stypandra glauca. The beginning of October is 

 rather late for the best of the Acacias, hence this characteristic 

 genus was but poorly represented. 



There were many other species which compelled attention, 

 though not in such quantity as some of those mentioned ; for 

 instance, there was nothing more charming than the colour of 

 Bceckea diffusa, a dehghtful rosy-pink, and it is to be hoped 

 that it did not escape the attention of nurserymen. For the 

 same reason also Lcschcnaitltia hilcba, Epacris longifloni, and 

 Calectasia cyanea must be noted. Other attractive flowers were 

 Lhotzkya genetylloides, Micromyrtits micro phylla, Calytrix tetra- 

 gona, and Prostanthera aspalathoides, from the Mallee ; SowerhcBa 

 punicca, Tecoma aiistralis, Eriostemon ohovalis, E. difformis ; 

 Chciranthera linearis, from Bendigo ; Prostanthera mclissifolia, 

 P. cuneata, P. rotiindifolia, Grevillea alpina, and Clematis aristata. 



A collection of nearly forty species of orchids on Messrs. 

 E. E. Pescott's and C. French's table made that order 

 more representati\'e than any other. The most notable were 

 Ptcrostvlis harhata, P. Toveyana, Chiloglottis Pescottiana, P. 

 trapeziforme, and the usually epiphytal species, Dcndrobiitm 

 spcciosiim and Sarcochilns parviftorus. 



The Club was indebted to Mr. J. Cronin, Curator of the 

 Melbourne Botanic Gardens, for palm leaves and other foliage 

 used in the decoration of the platfonn ; to Mr. F. Wisewould, who 

 again forwarded a large quantity of gum saplings, &c., from 

 Pakenham, which helped largely to introduce the flavour of the 

 bush into the heart of the city ; to Miss Stephens, Healesville : 

 Mrs. A. Forster, Hawthorn ; Vir. W. G. Piper, Belgrave ; and to 

 other friends for smaller contributions of a similar character. 



To record particulars of each individual exhibit of flowers 

 is impossible — it would take a larger staff of helpers than is 

 available ; but from letters, &c., received the Club is indel>ted 

 to those named l)elow for the interest they displayed in sending 

 flowers, in many cases from very long distances. From New 

 South Wales. — Sydney. — Mr. J. H. Maiden, I.S.O., Director of 

 the Botanic Gardens (representative New South Wales flowers) ; 

 Mr. A. Hamilton ; Mr. C. C. Lance ; N.S.W. Naturalists' Society, 

 per Mr. D. C. Shiress (\\'aratahs and Flannel-flowers) ; Mr. C. 

 Robinson, Gosford (^^\^ratahs and Boronia) : Mr. II. A. Pile, 

 Gosford (Waratahs, &c.) ; Mr. W. Trantnm, Manly (Waratahs) ; 

 Mrs. A. A. Weeks, Gosford : Miss Hallnnd, ^Muhvala : and Mrs. 

 W. L. Hawke and R. Hughes, Broken Hill (Sturt's Desert Pea). 

 Queensland.— Dr. Freda Bage, Brisbane : Mr. E. \\'. Bick, Bris- 



