78 Field Naturalists' Club — Proceedings: [voi'*"' 



. Nat. 

 XXIX. 



PAPER READ. 



By Mr. J. T. Hamilton, F.L.S., entitled "Through North 

 Gippsland to Mt. Howitt." 



This took the form of a lecture, illustrated by about 80 

 lantern slides, in which the topography of the country along 

 the Upper Wonnangatta River and the Main Divide was 

 described. 



At the conclusion of the lecture, Messrs. A. L. Scott, J. H. 

 Harvey, and the President complimented the lecturer on the 

 excellence of the slides shown. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. E. D. Atkinson, C.E. — Fifteen species of wild tlowers 

 from Tasmania. 



By Mr. G. Coghill. — Six species of acacias from Cockatoo 

 Creek. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Marine mollusc. Turbo jourdani, 

 Kiener, from Cape Leeuwin, W.A. 



By Mr. J. T. Hamilton, F.L.S. — Fossil wood from Upper 

 Dargo Valley, in illustration of lecture. 



By Mr. R. Kelly.— Sixteen species of acacias from Healesville. 



By Mr. G. Mowling. — Flowers of Grevillea alpina, &c., from 

 plants in cultivation in his garden at Hawthorn. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher, on behalf of ]\Ir. J. Cronin. Director of 

 Melbourne Botanic Gardens.- — Blooms of the following acacias 

 now flowering in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens : — Acacia 

 acinacea,lJ.n(X\.. Gold-dust Acacia; A. armata, R. Br., Hedge 

 Acacia; A. cultriformis, A. Cunn., Knife-leaved Acacia; A. 

 leprosa, Sieb., Scurfy Acacia; ^4. longifolia. var. Sophorce, 

 Coastal Acacia; A. montana, Benth., Mountain Acacia; A. 

 mytlijolia, Willd., Myrtle-leaved Acacia; A. oxycedrus, Sieb., 

 Spike Acacia; A. pravissima, F. v. M., Alpine Acacia; A. 

 ptominens, A. Cunn., Golden Rain Wattle; A. Riceana, Henslow, 

 Rice Wattle; A. spectabilis, A. Cunn., Show\'' Wattle ; A. 

 strigosa, Link., Hairy Wattle ; A . verniciflua, A. Cunn., \'arnish 

 Wattle. Pot-grown plants of the following Acacias (in flower) : — 

 Acacia myrtifolia, Willd.; ^4. leprosa, Sieb.; A. verniciftna, A. 

 Cunn.; A. alata, R. Br., Winged Acacia; A. stiaveolens, Willd., 

 Sweet-scented Acacia; A. jimiperina, Willd., Juniper Wattle; 

 A. rubida, A. Cunn.^ Red-stemmed Wattle. Herbarium speci- 

 mens of the three endemic Victorian species of acacias: — 

 Acacia alpina, F. v. M., Alpine Acacia ; A. DallacJiiana, F. v. M., 

 Dallachy's Acacia; A. ienuijolia, F. v. M., Slender-leaved 

 Acacia. Specimens of the crimson-flowered Eucalyptus platypus. 

 Hooker, " Malook," Western Australia. 



By Mr. J. Searle. — Fossil shells from Lake Bullenmerri, near 

 Camperdown, kindly identified by Dr. G. B. Pritchard : — 

 Lynopsis beaninaris, Glycimeris cainozoicus, Corbula. sp., Turri- 



