108 I'HR VICTORIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXIV. 



EXHIBITION OF WILD FLOWERS. 



Owing to tlie spring season having been the driest for many 

 years, it was not expected that the usual exhibition of wild flowers 

 would bear comparison with those of former years, but, tlianks to 

 the energy of several members, a very good display resulted, 

 while a very fine exhibit of Australian flowers grown in the Mel- 

 bourne Botanic Gardens was staged by the Director, Mr. W. R. 

 Guilfoyle, F.L.S., which included a number of species well worthy 

 of extended cultivation. Various distant parts of the State, such 

 as Bendigo, Lindenow, the Grampians, Dimboola, and Bunyip, 

 were represented, wliile localities nearer town, such as Men tone, 

 Beaumaris, Kangaroo Ground, and Croydon, had also been 

 levied on for specimens. The following is a fairly complete list 

 of the principal exhibits : — 



By Mr. J. W. Audas. — About 25 species from Mt. Birchet, 

 Mirranatwa (Grampians), including Thryf.omene Alifchfl liana, 

 T. ciliata, Styphelia pinifolia, PuUencpa taoJlia, CoJijcnthrix 

 Sullivani, Conoftpermum Mitch.p.lli, dlreviUea oleoides, Helicltrysnm 

 Baxferi, Brachyloiaa, deprpsftimi, and Daviesia hrevifolia. 



By Mr. J. W. Bainbridge. — About 20 species from Croydon, 

 including Comesperma ericimim and Tlielymitra ixioides. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — About 10 species from Kew, 

 including Styphelia strigosa, Melaleuca ericifolia, and Myoporum 

 viacoaum; also about 20 species from Wheeler's Hill excursion. 



By Miss Cochrane. — About 50 species from Beaumaris, Kan- 

 garoo Ground, and Bunyip, including Thelymitra anf.ennifera, 

 Utriodoria dichotoma, Myoporum insulare, &c. 



By Mr. G. Coghill. — About 100 species from Emerald, Olinda 

 Vale, and Tunstall, including Ftdtencea daphnoides, P. villosa, 

 Hedycarya Cunninghami, Daviesia tdicina,, var. rusci/olia, 

 Calochihis Jiobertsoni, Eriostetnon correifolius, &c. 



By Mr. S. W. Fulton. — About 50 species from Mt. Dandenong 

 and Croydon, including Tecoma australds, var. Latrobei, Diuris 

 longifolia, Pterontylis cucullata, var. alpina, Sphcerolobium 

 dp/nudatum, Szc. 



By Miss Montgomery. — About 15 species from Bendigo, 

 including Eriostemon obovalis, Helichrysum obcordatmn, Thp.ly- 

 mitra aristata, &c. 



By Mr. W. A. Milburn. — About 15 species from Tooradin, 

 including Caladenia Menziesii, Pterostylis peduncnlata, &c. 



By Mr. Sweetnam. — About 25 species from Lindenow, Gipps- 

 land, including Gorrea speciosa (red variety;, Diuris stdphurea, 

 Sprengelia incarnata, &c. 



By Mr. G. W. Talbot. — About 40 species from Dandenong, 

 including Diuris punctata, Podolepis acuminata, &c. 



By Mr. J. R. Tovey. — About 20 species from Mentone, 

 including Prasophyllum elatum. 



