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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26th, 1902. 



The Twenty-Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Society 

 was held in the Linnean Hall, 23 Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, 

 on Wednesday evening, March 26th, 1902. 



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



The Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting were 

 read and confirmed. 



The President delivered the Annual Address. 



PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. 



(Plate xliii.) 

 TABLE OF MATTERS. 



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Introijuctory 741 



1. Some Botanical Reminiscences of the Society ... ... ... 744 



2. Caley and Lewin 746 



S. Some Botanical Matters of Local Interest .. ... ... 749 



4. The Forestry Question in New South Wales 752 



5. Botanical Survey of New South Wales 759 



i. A Botanical Map — 



a. Introductory ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 759 



6. Topography 764 



c. Botanical records arranged topographically ... ... 769 



ii. Som& geological considerations — 



a. Adaptability of plants to certain geologiealformations... 772 



b. The distribution of plants affected by volcanic outbursts 774 



c. The distribution of plants affected by alluvial deposits . . . 77.5 

 iii. The "jjZains" of the Borrigo ; a plea for the study of 



physiographic ecology... ... ... ... ... ... 776 



iv. The so-called ^'' spontaneous^" growth of trees ... ... ... 785 



