84 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXVI. 



EXHIBITION OF AVILD FLOWERS. 



The annual exhibition of wild flowers was held in connegtion 

 with the October meeting of the Club, when a very creditable 

 display was made. Many members had gone to considerable 

 trouble in collecting specimens from country districts adjacent to 

 the metropolis, while friends had sent collections from the more 

 distant parts, such as the Grampians, Wannon, Castlemaine, 

 Mildura, Toora, Mt. Doran (Lai Lai), Wilson's Promontory, &c. 



The following were the principal exhibitors, with some of the 

 more notable species shown : — 



By Mr. J. W. Audas. — About 35 species from Clayton, includ- 

 ing Epacris obtusifolin, Daviesia idicina, Sphcerolobium vimineum, 

 Xerotes Thunhergi, &c. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — About 20 species from Plenty 

 Ranges, including Grevillea alpina, G.repens (in bud), Eriostemon 

 correifolius, Pomaderris elachophylla (in bud), Daviesia ulicina 

 (two varieties), Bceckea diffusa, &c. 



By Mr. A. G. Campbell. — About 35 species from Pomonal 

 (Grampians), including Xanthorrho&a australis (a fine spike), 

 Eutaxia empetrifolia, Brachyloma daphnoides, Prostanthera den- 

 ticulata, Thryptomene ciliaia, Dillwytiia hispida, Templetonia 

 sulcata, Grevillea oleoides, G. ilidjolia, G. aquifolia, Conospermuni 

 Mitchelli, Styphelia Sonderi, S. costata, Pidtencea mollis, Hibbertia 

 acicidaris. 



By Miss Cochrane. — About 20 species from Bendigo and 

 Benalla, including Swainsona procumbens, &c. 



By Mr. G. Coghill. — About 70 species from Cockatoo and 

 Emerald, including Bauera rubioides, Zieria Smithii, Pittosporum 

 bicolor, Daviesia ulicina, var. ruscifolia, Pterostylis cucidlata, 

 var. alpina, P. pedunculata, Galadenia Menziesii, &c. 



By Mr. J. W. Collings. — About 12 species from Wilson's 

 Promontory. 



By Messrs. C French, jun., and C. Frost. — About 25 species 

 from Dandenong Ranges, including Pidtencea scabra, P. daph- 

 noides, Grevillea al^nna, Pimelea Jlava, Tecoma australis, Daviesia 

 ulicina, var. ruscifolia. 



By Mr. J. T. Hamilton. — Spike of Dendrohiiim speciosum 

 (cultivated). 



By Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S. — About 6 species from Studley 

 Park, Kew, including Eucalyptus Gunnii, Alelaleuca ericifolia, 

 &c. 



By ]\Ir. T. S. Hart, M.A. — About 20 species from Mt. Doran 

 Ranges, Lai Lai, including Chiloglottis Gunnii, Glaytonia 

 Australasica, &c. 



By Mr. F. Holloway. — About 25 species from Yapeen, near 

 Guildford, including Grevillea alpina, Calochilus Robertsoni, &:c. 



