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Vol. XII.— No. 9. DECEMBER, 1895. No. 145. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of tlie Club was lield at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on IVIonday evening, 9th December, 1895. Mr. 

 C. Frost, F.L.S. occupied the chair, and some 40 members and 

 visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



Reports of the Club excursions ta Springvale and Warrandyte 

 were received from Mr. C. French, F.L.S. 



The hon. secretary reported that a large party of members had 

 visited the Botanical Gardens at the invitation of the Director, 

 Mr. W. R. Guilfoyle, F.L.S., and had spent some hours in in- 

 specting the specimen plants in the new systematic arrangement 

 for students, from which they derived much valuable information. 



The hon. secretary reported that a meeting for practical work 

 was held on Monday evening, 2nd December, under the direction 

 of Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A. This was the last meeting of the 

 course in systematic botany, in which much interest has been 

 taken. Special thanks are due to Mr. Topp for the trouble he 

 has taken to procure native flowers to illustrate his remarks. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Special Report, Department of 

 Mines, Victoria," No. 4, 1895, from Mining Department ; 

 " Descriptive Catalogue of Rocks of Victoria," 1894, from the 

 Public Library, Melbourne ; " Transactions of Royal Society of 

 Victoria," vol. iv., 1895, from Society ; "Journal of Royal Society 

 of New South Wales," vol. xxviii., from the Society; "Proceed- 

 ings Linnean Society of New South Wales," vol. x. (new series), 

 parts I and 2, from the Society ; " Transactions of Royal Society 

 of South Australia," vol. xix., part 2, from the Society ; " Reports 

 of Smithsonian Institution," 1892 and 1893, ^"^^ " Report of 

 National Museum," 1892, from the Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, U.S.A.; "Proceedings Academy of Natural Sciences," 

 Philadelphia, 1894, parts 2 and 3, 1895, parts i and 2, from the 

 Academy; "Proceedings Boston Society of Natural History,' 

 vol. XXV., parts i, 2, 3, and 4, xxvi., parts i, 2, and 3, from the 

 Society; " Missouri Botanical Garden Sixth Annual Report," 1895, 

 from the Directors ; " Proceedings Nova Scotian Institute," vol. 

 i., part 3, from the Institute; "Journal of Bombay Natural 



