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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. C. T. Musson sent for exhibition a remarkable series of 

 specimens of garden plants exhibiting floral or vegetati\'e pro- 

 lification, from the Hawkesburj^ Agricultural College garden or 

 grounds at Richmond. As far as the records go the present 

 season is the driest known; and the apparently correlated tendency 

 on the part of so many species to develop monstrous groAvths 

 exceeds all previous experiences. Thirty-one species were rei^re- 

 sented in the collection exhibited, comprising Lima Bean, Lucerne,^ 

 Eschscholtzia, Amarantus (two species), Solanum (two species), 

 Foxglove, Pentstemon, Rose, Quince, Dianthus, Phlox, Antirrhi- 

 num, Salpiglossis, Petunia, Geranium, Mignonette, Polygonum, 

 Squash, Leptosyne, Aster, Cosmos, Hypochoeris, Coreopsis, Gaillar- 

 dia, Zinnia, Marigold, Centaurea, Erigeron, and Scabious. Simi 

 lar examples of Zinnia and Delphinium were also furnished by 

 Mr. Henry Deane from his garden at Hunter's Hill; and of 

 Campanula and Hypochoeris by Mr. H.Selkirk f rom Marrickville 



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30th, 1902. 



The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was held in the 

 Linnean Hall, Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, on AVednesday 

 evening, April 30th, 1902. 



Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., etc.. President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. W. L. May, Sandford, Tasm.; W. F. Petterd, Laun- 

 cestoni and A. Jefferis Turner, M.D., F.E.S., Brisbane, Q., 

 were elected Ordinary Members of the Society. 



ThePresident announced that under the provisions of Rule xxv., 

 the Council had elected Professor David, B.A., F.R.S , F.G.S., 

 Mr. Henry Deane, M.A., F.L.S., Arc, Dr. T. Storie Dixson, and the 

 Hon. James Norton, LL.D., M.L.C., to ])e Vice-Presidents; and 

 Mr. J. R. Garland, M.A., (56 EHzabeth Street), to be Hon. 

 Treasurer, for the current year. 



The Donations and Exchanges for the month, amounting to 18 

 Vols., 35 Parts or Nos., 1 Bulletin, 3 Annual Reports (Admini- 

 strative), 7 Pamphlets, and 5 Miscellanea, received from 41 

 Societies, etc., and 2 Individuals, were laid upon the table. 



