Cbc Uictortan naturalist 



Vol. XXII.— No. 7. NOVEMBER 9, 1905. No. 263. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Chib was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 9th November, 1905. 



The president, Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, occupied the chair, and 

 about 90 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS, 



In the absence of the leader, Mr. G. Weindorfer, the chairman 

 reported that the botanical results of the excursion to Sandringham 

 on Saturdav, 23rd September, were not of much importance, only 

 the ordinary spring flowers being noted. Mr. J. Shephard said 

 that the pond-life section of the party visited several ponds, but, 

 doubtless owing to recent rain and the influx of water, little of 

 interest was found, the most notable being a rotifer of the genus 

 Asphanchnopus, and the alga Apiocystis browniana. Specimens 

 of Nostoc were fairly plentiful. 



A report of the excursion to Braybrook on Saturday, 7th 

 October, was given by the chairman, in the absence of the leaders, 

 Messrs. G. Weindorfer and R. A. Bastow. The day was very 

 fine, and a fair number of members attended, but as was antici- 

 pated flowering plants were not numerous, Ptilotus spathdatus 

 being the most novel. The outing was devoted principally to a 

 search for mosses and lichens, the latter being very conspicuous on 

 the basaltic rocks bordering the Kororoit Creek, and six mosses 

 and fourteen lichens were collected by Mr. Bastow during the 

 afternoon. 



The hon. secretary reported that the junior excursion to 

 Sandringham, on Saturday, 7th October, under the leadership of 

 Miss R. Cowle and Miss J. White, B.Sc, was in every way a 

 success. Between 40 and 50 juniors were in attendance, who, 

 under the guidance of the leaders, were soon busily engaged in 

 collecting botanical specimens. At the close of the afternoon 

 Mis White gave a short lesson on the structure of a plant, 

 taking as an example the pretty liliaceous flower, Chamaescllla 

 corymhosa. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Miss Marjorie Friend and Messrs. 

 G. H. and A. G. Carter were elected as ordinary members ; Miss 

 Vera Carter, as an associate ; and Misses Leura M. and Dorothy 

 Andrews, V. Minford, R. Johnston, F. Swan, ]. M'Kechnie, 

 F. Barfus, O. Barfus, H. Bowles, N. Shappere, G. Gibson, 

 D. Gibson, J. Roberts, Masters, E. H. Coghill, N. Farmer, 



