THE 



Victorian naturalist* 



Vol. XIII.— No. 7. OCTOBER, 1896. No. 155. 



{PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 5, 1S9G.) 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting which should have taken place on 

 Monday evening, 12th October, 1896, was postponed, in con- 

 sequence of the death of Baron Sir F. von Mueller, K.C.M.G., 

 Government Botanist of Victoria, a patron and one of the 

 original members of the Club, who passed away on the 

 previous Saturday at the age of 71. 



EXHIBITION OF WILD FLOWERS. 



The exhibition of wild flowers usually held in the early spring by 

 the members of the Field Naturalists' Club took place at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, the 28th September, 1896, 

 when the display of flowers was greatly admired by a large 

 number of the members and their friends. 



The exhibitors this year were greatly aided by the cool and 

 pleasant weather experienced while collecting and conveying the 

 flowers to town. To secure their exhibits several of the members 

 traversed large areas of country, and others, notably Baron von 

 Mueller, had enlisted the help of country friends, by which means 

 flowers from such extreme points of Victoria as Nhill, Echuca, 

 and Sale were placed on exhibition. 



It is impossible to give anything like a correct list of the flowers 

 exhibited. The names of the contributors, with mention of their 

 most notable flowers, must suffice to give some idea of the 

 display. 



Baron von Mueller. — From Mr. St. Eloy D' Alton, Nhill — 

 Boronia ccerulescens, Eriostemon sediflorus, Eriostemon 

 lepidotus, var. stenophyllus, Eriostemon obovalis, Eriostemon 

 diffbrmis, Lasiopetalum Behrii, Lasiopetalum Baueri, Stack- 

 housia viminea, Cassia eremophila, Acacia rigens, Acacia 

 calamifolia, Acacia hakeoides, Loudonia Behrii, Calycothrix 

 tetragona, Thryptomene ciliata, Bceckea Behrii, Eucalyptus 

 gracilis, Eucalyptus incrassata, Exocarpus spartea, Pimelea 

 stricta, Dampiera lanceolata, Logania linifolia, Prostanthera 

 coccinea. From Miss Wise, Sale — Boronia polygalifolia, var. 

 anemonifolia, Euphrasia Brownii, Indigo/era Auslralis, 

 Styphelia Australis, Correa speciosa (red flower), Comesperma 

 volubile, Fieldia Azcstralis, 



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