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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Fred Turner exhibited : (1) a flowering-specimen of Bam- 

 husa nana Roxb., (Syns. B. glauca Lodd. et Lindl., B. glaucescens 

 Siebold et Munro, B. viridi-ylaucescens Carr.) from his garden 

 at Chatswood, a species which he had not known to produce 

 flowers before, either in Brisbane or Sydney — (2) A specimen of 

 Phleuni pratense Linn., the Timothy-grass of Europe, received 

 from Tumblong, Adelong district, and sent to him by Messrs. 

 Anderson & Co., of Sydney. It is a valuable addition to the 

 pasture-herbage, and appears to be spreading in different dis- 

 tricts. It is now acclimatised in the Adelong district, though 

 it has not been cultivated. For other records, vide these Pro- 

 ceedings, 1914, p.323. — (3) A specimen of Gastrolohium spinosum 

 Benth., var. triangulare Benth., one of the poison-plants of West 

 Australia, from Jindarra, forwarded by Mrs. A. E. Stephens. — 

 (4) On behalf of Mr. F. M. Clements, a specimen of Lobelia tupa 

 Linn., (Syns. L. feuillei Don, and Rapuntium tupa PresL), a 

 Chilian plant, attaining a height of 8 feet or more, now thriving 

 in Mr. Clements' garden at Stanmore. According to Prof. Red- 

 wood, "i/. tupa is poisonous in the extreme, causes emesis by 

 simply smelling the flowers; juice caustic." 



Mr. W. W Froggatt showed mosquitoes, in quantity, from 

 Riverina, obtained by using cyanide in tents. Also a collection 

 of destructive insects from wheat-stacks. 



Mr. R. T. Baker exhibited a specimen of California Redwood, 

 Sequoia sempervirens Endl., showing remarkable growth. The 

 tree was planted at Reef ton, New Zealand, in 1876, and felled 

 in 1903, during which period it had obtained a diameter of 2 ft. 

 lOJin. in secondary wood, 18 inches from the ground, developing 

 27 rings in 27 years. The annual rings show a fairly uniform 

 growth, varying only between limits of J" to 1" full. This is a 

 very remarkable instance of tree-growth, and shows the suita. 



