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EXHIBITION OF WILD FLOWERS. 



Following the custom of past years, the exhibits at the October 

 meeting of the Field Naturalists' Club consisted mainly of wild 

 flov/ers, and, favoured by cool weather on the previous days, the 

 members were able to make an excellent display. Exhibits were 

 received from almost the extreme limits of the State, such as 

 Dimboola and Bairnsdale, Hawkesdale and Mansfield, &c. A 

 pleasing feature was the fine collections sent by the State schools 

 at Emerald (Dandenong Ranges), Glenpatrick (Pyrenees), Grant- 

 ville (Western Port), and Hawkesdale (S.W. Victoria). 



Among the interested visitors were a number of teachers and 

 their pupils, who availed themselves of the opportunity to take 

 notes, and obtain correctly named specimens for future study. In 

 order to show that a number of indigenous species are worthy of 

 cultivation, Mr. W. R. Guilfoyle, F.L.S., Director of the Mel- 

 bourne Botanical Gardens, forwarded a collection of 24 species 

 grown in the Gardens. 



The following are the names of the principal exhibitors, with 

 some of their more prominent exhibits : — 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — About 30 species from Braybrook 

 and Deer Park, including Dillwynia Jlorihunda, Craspedia 

 chrysantha, Podolepis acuminata, Sioainsona lesser tifolia, 

 Veronica gracilis, and Diuris peduncidata. 



By Miss Cochrane. — About 50 species from Ringwood, includ- 

 ing Utricular ia dichotoma, Polypompholyx tenella, Calochilus 

 rohertsoni, Caladenia deformis, C. suaveolens, Comesperma 

 ericinuni, &c. 



By Mr. A. G. Campbell. — About 40 species from the You 

 Yangs, including Prostanthera nivea, Eutaxia empetrifolia, 

 Acacia pycnantha, A. implexn, A. decurrens, Senecio velleioides, 

 &c. 



By Mr. G. Coghill. — About 120 species from Croydon, 

 Dandenong Ranges, Emerald, Mansfield, and Bairnsdale, which 

 were arranged in systematic order and were in excellent con- 

 dition. They included Hedycarya cunninghami and Candollea 

 sobolifera, from Croydon ; Pittosporum bicolor, Eriostemon 

 correifolius, and Epacris microphylla, from Emerald ; Pultencea 

 daphnoides, Acacia leprosa, and Coprosma hirtella, from Dande- 

 nong Ranges ; Acacia pravissima, from Mansfield ; Lasiopetalum 

 ferrugineum, Pultencea daphnoides, Kennedya rubicunda, Tecoma 

 australis, and Pomaderris vaccinifolia, from Bairnsdale, &c. 



By Mr. S. W. Fulton.— About 35 species from Glenpatrick 

 (Pyrenees), including Grevillea alpina, Acacia pravissima, 

 Gompholobium minus, Caladenia patersoni, Tetratheca ciliata 

 (very fine), &c. ; and about 40 species from Broadford, including 



