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e3:perinients should, notwithstanding, be tested for the Inter-State and 

 N"ew Zealand markets. Small consignments should be carefully picked, 

 graded, and packed, pre-cooled, and shipped to New South Wales, 

 Queensland, and New Zealand, in refrigerator accommodation. For 

 such tests the fruit should be well on the ripe side, picked in the evening, 

 cooled under an open shed over night, packed in the early morning, and 

 placed in cool store immediately after packing. Ice car, or insulated 

 car service, should be used to convey the fruit to Melbourne, and, on 

 arrival, it should be placed in the cool chamber on board ship with the 

 least possible delay. The charges involved in this method of trans- 

 mission preclude the possibility of making a profit in connexion with 

 small experimental shipments ; but if the results justify, consignments 

 on a commercial scale could be undertaken later on. If the third rail 

 tests now being conducted on the Murray prove efficient to overcome the 

 lamentable existing break of gauge on our Inter-State railways, the 

 fruit could be forwarded by rail direct to markets in the other States 

 when the third rail system becomes established. In future experiments 

 the question of development of flavour and the period over which this 

 flavour is retained should be carefully noted for each variety tested. 



In conclusion, the writer wishes to thank all who have so materially 

 and enthusiastically assisted in carrying out the experiments, and to 

 express his confidence that their enthusiasm remains undiminished, 

 despite the apparent failure of some of our most favoured varieties of 

 peach to withstand the tests to which they were subjected. 



VERNACULAR NAMES OF VICTORIAN PLANTS. 



Communicated by Alfred J. Ewart, D.Sc, Ph.D., F.L.S., Chairman, 

 and C. S. Sutton, M.B., Ch.B., Secretary of the Plant Names Com- 

 mittee of the Victrrian Field Naturalists' Club. 



Continued from page 493, Vol. XIII. (10th Avgnst, 1915). 



Jiotiiniciil Xiimo. 



Popular Name. 



Use or Character. 



Olax- 



OUlCACV.M. 



stricta, R.Br. . . 



SANTALACK.t;. 



Exocarpos — 



cupressiforiiiiw, l,al)il. 



SYMPETALE/E PERIGYN/E. 



Cherry IJiilliut . . 



Of no known economic value, 



Wootl handsome ami ch>»e erainiMl. Use*! 

 for turnhiR and cabinet work. 



