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Vol. XXVI.— No. 10. FEBRUARY 10, 1910. No. 314. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 17th January, 1910. 



The president, Prof. A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, occupied the chair, 

 and about 50 members and visitors were present. 



Mr. A. J. North, C.M.Z.S., Sydney, wrote wishing the members 

 the compliments of the season and the Club continued prosperity. 



The hon. secretary stated that the dredging excursion 

 announced for Saturday, 15th January, had not taken place, 

 owing to the inability to procure a suitable boat. 



The Chairman took the opportunity of welcoming Mr. J. 

 Shephard on his return from a visit to England. Mr. Shephard, 

 who was very cordially received, briefly referred to a visit paid to 

 Selborne, the scene of Gilbert White's natural history writings, 

 and to parts of Yorkshire which possessed great antiquarian 

 interest. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Dr. Edward Ryan, Collins-street, 

 Melbourne ; Dr. Thos. F. Ryan, Nhill ; and Mr. J. Twyford, 

 9 Villiers-street, Elsternwick, were duly elected members of the 

 Club. 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Messrs. J. G. O'Donoghue and P. R. H. St. John, 

 entitled " Through the Brisbane Range." 



The authors gave an account of the birds and plants met with 

 during a three days' ramble from Bacchus Marsh to the Brisbane 

 Range, about 15 miles south of that town, during the early part 

 of last October. 



The chairman and Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., congratulated the 

 authors on the interesting nature of their description, 



2. By Mr. F. Pitcher, entitled " The Victorian Vegetation in 

 the Melbourne Botanic Gardens." 



The author referred to the examples of the indigenous 

 vegetation still remaining in the gardens, and to the efforts which 

 had been made to cultivate a representative selection of Victorian 

 plants. He also gave some selections of Victorian shrubs, &c., 

 suitable for cultivation in small gardens. A catalogue of the 

 Victorian plants now growing in the gardens, numbering about 

 400 species, was handed in for publication. 



Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., referred to the cultivation of Victorian 

 trees, &c., in small gardens, and related his experiences with 



