Cbe Uictorian naturalist. 



Vol. XXV.— No. 5. SEPTEMBER 10, 1908, No. 297. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Ckib was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, the loth August, 1908. 



The president, Mr. G. A. Keartland, occupied the chair, and 

 about 45 members and visitors were present. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



A letter was received from Mr. Victor Hood, private secretary 

 to His Excellency Sir T. Gibson-Carmichael, stating that the 

 Governor and Lady Carmichael " hope to be able to take con- 

 siderable interest in the doings of the Field Naturalists' Club," 

 and accepting the invitation to open the forthcoming conversazione 

 on 22nd September. 



A circular letter was read from the Royal Society of Victoria, 

 in which an appeal was made for subscriptions towards founding a 

 " Howitt Medal " as a memorial of the late Dr. A. W. Howitt. 

 The hon. secretary mentioned that the committee had voted two 

 guineas to the fund, and hoped members would contribute 

 individually. Dr. T. S. Hall, M.A., the hon. treasurer of the fund, 

 explained in fuller detail the proposed scheme, and commended 

 it to the members as worthy of support. 



REPORTS. 



The hon. secretary reported that about twenty-five members had 

 visited the Botanical Department at the University on Saturday, 

 8th August, when Miss Jean White, M.Sc, in the unavoidable 

 absence of Prof. Evvart, D.Sc, took charge of the party, and 

 demonstrated some interesting experiments which were being 

 carried on with regard to the growth of plants under certain con- 

 ditions, and briefly described some of the museum specimens. 



The hon. secretary, in the absence of the leader, Mr. R. W. 

 Armitage, stated that the junior excursion to Studley Park on 

 Saturday, ist August, had been well attended, and a satisfactory 

 afternoon's work had been accomplished. 



The hon. librarian acknowledged the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Types of Floral Mechanism," by A. 

 H. Church, M.A., D.Sc, part i, types i.-xii. (purchased); 

 Journal of Agriculture of Victoria, June and July, 1908, from the 

 Secretary for Agriculture, Melbourne ; The Emu, vol. viii., part 

 I, July, 1908, from the Australasian Ornithologists' Union ; "Me- 

 moirs of Geological Survey of New South Wales — Geology, No. 

 6 : Geology and Mineral Resources of the Western Coalfield " 

 (with map and sections separate), from Department of Mines and 



