130 Field Naturalists' Club — Conversazione. [^"^Nov^^'" 



PuUencBa humilis, Eriostemon obovalis, Diiiris punctata, Swainsona pro- 

 cumbens, Utricularia dichotoma, &c. 



East. 



By Mr. A. W. Crow — About 2 5 species from Moe, including Pomaderris 

 elliptica, Boronia pinnata (pink and white, fine). 



By Mr. C. Daley — About 30 species from Sale, including Plagianthus 

 pulchellus, Banksia serrata (fruit), Helichrysuni obtusifolium, &c. 



By Mr. W. Moncur — About 1 2 species from Ten-Mile Creek, near 

 Narracan, including Pinielea axiflora, Clematis aristata, Tecoma australis 

 (fine), &c. 



By Mr. E. H. Small — About 10 species from Coalville (Moe), including 

 Tecoma australis, &c. 



By Mr. F. Thomas — About 20 species from Lindenow, near Bairns- 

 dale, including Stypandra glauca, Hibbertta obtusifolia, Diuris sidphurea, &c. 



Cultivated Australian Flowers. 



By Mr. A. Rutter Clarke, Toorak. — About 30 species, including 

 Kennedya rubicunda, K. nigricans, Boronia pinnata, B. alata, Prostan- 

 thera Sieberi, Chamcslavcium uncinata, &c. 



By Mr. H. Anderson, Tooronga.— About 12 species, including Grevillea 

 alpina, Acacia linifolia, &c. 



Microscopical Section. 

 Microscopical exhibits were made by members and friends 

 as under : — 



Mr. F. H. Baker — Polyzoa. Diatoms, and Radula. 



Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S., F.R.M.S. — Spore Coal (Tasmanite), from 



Railton, Tasmania ; Foraminifera and Ostracoda, dredged up 



round Funafuti from a depth of 3 miles ; Antarctic Foraminifera. 

 Mr. J. Gabriel — Circulation of bloocl in Tadpole. 

 Mr. J. T. Hamilton, F.L.S. — Botanical and Rock Sections, Polyzoa. 

 Dr. J. C. Kaufmann — Parasit.es and Crystals. 

 Mr. W. MTntosh — Botanical Sections. 

 Mr. J. Searle — Freshwater Entomostraca — Brunella virides, Bceckella 



(three species), Cyclops (four species); Daphnia carinata, with 



Brachionns, sp., attached. 

 Mr. A. L. Scott — Rock Sections. 



Messrs. W. and J. Stickland — Ostracoda ; Vorticella. 

 University Biological Department (Miss Davies and Miss J. Raff, 



M.Sc.) — Section Cutting. 

 University Botanical Department (Mr. J. D. Jennings) — Carbon 



Assimilation by Leaves. 

 University Geological Department (Messrs. F. Stillwell and M. 



Morris) — Rock Sections and Rock-sectioning Apparatus. 



Veteran Naturalists. — On 30th June last Sir Joseph 

 Hooker, the famous botanist (abbreviated as Hook fils) cele- 

 brated his 94th birthday. He is known to Australians as the 

 botanist to the South Polar expedition under Sir James Ross 

 in the Erebus and Terror over 70 years ago, and as the author 

 of two standard volumes on the botany of Tasmania and New 

 Zealand. At the meeting of the Quekett Microscopical Club 

 (London) on 27th June a vote of thanks was passed to Dr. M. 

 C. Cooke, now in his 87th year, for a valuable gift of Foram- 

 inifera and diatomaceous earth. Dr. Cooke is well known as 

 the author of many works dealing with fungi, freshwater algae, 

 microscopy, &c. 



