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an unrecorded species of the genus Boekella, but it has not yet 

 been thoroughly examined. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. S. Middleton Ware, 36 Riversdale- 

 road, Hawthorn, was duly elected a member of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



The chairman drew the attention of members to the exhibition 

 of wild flowers to be held at the next meeting ; also to the 

 proposed special excursion to the Grampians on 9th October for 

 the purpose of seeing the Grampian flora at its best. 



Mr. D. Best and Mr. Geo. Coghill gave some particulars re- 

 garding the district and the best means of getting there, the 

 latter speaking very favourably of the locality for obtaining a 

 good series of botanical specimens in bloom. 



PAPERS. 



1. By Mr. D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., entitled " The Ocean Beach, 

 Sorrento.'' The author gave an account of a number of obser- 

 vations he had made on the ocean beach at Sorrento, his remarks 

 being accompanied by a series of lantern illustrations, among 

 which was one showing, in situ, the recently discovered fossil 

 remains of an extinct kangaroo, determined by Professor J. W. 

 Gregory, F.R.S.,as belonging to the genus Palorchestes. 



As an illustration of the botany of the district a picture of a 

 flowering stem of a Grass-tree, Xanthorrhcea australis, measuring 

 5 feet 10 inches in height, was shown ; and in the discussion 

 which followed Mr. J. G. Luehmann stated he was informed that 

 the Grass-trees growing near Frankston never flowered unless fire 

 had gone through the country, and in support of this mentioned 

 that he had never seen these plants in flower in the Botanical 

 Gardens. 



Mr. G. Coghill expressed his doubts regarding the author's 

 contention that the large quantities of broken shells found in 

 certain spots was evidently the work of the natives in bygone 

 days using the shell-fish for food, stating that if this were so the 

 natives must have been very busy. 



2. By Mr. D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., entitled "The Effect of 

 Snow on Eucalyptus Trees." The object of this paper was to 

 show the effect a heavy fall of snow had on the large eucalyptus 

 trees, some being almost denuded of their upper branches through 

 being broken off by the weight of snow. This paper was also 



, illustrated by lantern slides. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., showed a photograph of a large 

 Carpet Snake after having recently partaken of a heavy meal, the 

 body being greatly distended. 



