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EXHIBITION OF WILD-FLOWERS. 



In the long series of years during which the Field Naturalists' 

 Club of Victoria has been holding its annual exhibition of wild- 

 flowers, it has seldom experienced more unfavourable weather 

 for collecting the specimens than on the present occasion. This 

 was the more unfortunate because arrangements had been meide 

 for keeping the exhibition open on the Tuesday, afternoon and 

 evening, in addition to the night of the ordinary meeting, 

 Monday, loth October. Under these circumstances, the dis- 

 l)lay, though very creditable, was not nearly so extensive as it 

 was hoped it would have been, many members having had to 

 forego entirely the collecting trips they had planned, as also 

 their friends in the country. 



The excellent display of cultivated native plants made by 

 the Director of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, Mr. J. Cronin, 

 however, helped to make up for the absence of some of the ex- 

 pected exhibits from other quarters. About forty species were 

 exhibited, among which may be mentioned : — Acacia salicina, 

 Bauera ruhioides, var. alba, Dendrobiiim speciosujn, Epacris 

 longiflora, Grevillea confertifolia, G. Miqueliana, Hakea microcarpa, 

 Kunzea corifolia, Livistona australis, Pittospormn phillyrcBoides, 

 Psilotiim triquetrum, and Westringia glabra. 



The following were the principal exhibitors, with some of 

 the more notable species shown : — 



By Mr. J. W. Audas. — About 40 species from Ringwood, 

 including Billardiera scandens, Cryptandra Hookeri, Acacia 

 jiiniperina, Comesperma ericinum, Lyperanthiis nigricans, Cala- 

 denia congesta, Thelymitra antennifera, &c. 



By Mr. A. G. Campbell. — About 25 species from the 

 Grampians, including Daviesia latifolia, Pultencea mollis, Hakea 

 rostrata, Calycothrix tetragona, Grevillea oleoides, G. alpina, G. 

 aquifolium, G. ilicifolia, Thryptomene MitcheUiana, Prostanthera 

 rotundifolia, DiUwynia hispida, Stackhousia viminea, &c. 



By Miss S. Cochrane. — About 25 species from Benalla, in- 

 cluding Grevillea. alpina, Brachyloma daphnoides, Velleya para- 

 doxa, Caladenia congesta, C. carnea, Calochilus Robertsoni, &c. ; 

 about 20 species from Blackburn, including Indigofera aus- 

 tralis, DiUwynia ericifolia, Pierostylis longifolia, P. nutans, &c. 



By ^lessrs. Gabriel and Stout. — About 25 species from Oak- 

 leigh, including Kennedya prostrata, Brunonia australis, Lyper- 

 anthus nigricans, Thelymitra antennifera, &c. 



By Mr. G. Hill. — About 10 species from Ararat, including 

 Grevillea alpina, Correa speciosa, Tetratheca ciliata (very fine), 

 Stypandra glauca, Thryptomene ericcEa, DiUwynia hispida, &c. 



By Mr. R. KeUy. — iVbout 30 species from Healesville, in- 



