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By Misses G. M. L. Nethercote and M. J. Johnson. — A series 

 of photographic views in illustration of their paper. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher. — Flowers of Eucalyphis ficifolia, F. v. M., 

 Red-flowering Ficus-leaved Gum, Western AustraHa, and 

 flowers of Eucalyptus calophylla, R. Brown, var. rosea, Pink- 

 flowering Port Gregory Gum, Western Australia ; also branch 

 of Araucaria Ciinninghami, Alton, var. glaitca. Glaucous Moreton 

 Bay Pine, Queensland and New South Wales, showing fascia- 

 tion. All from Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. 



By Messrs. E. E. Pescott, F.L.S., and C. French, jun. — 

 Autumn and winter orchids — herbarium specimens of Ptero- 

 stylis revoluta, R. Br., Pterostylis pedaloglossa, Fitz., Crypto- 

 stylis leptochila, F. v. M., and Prasophyllum Dixoni, F. v. M., 

 and flowering specimens of Pterostylis vittata, Lind., P. refiexa, 

 R. Br., P. prcBcox, Lind., P. concinna, R. Br., P. parviflora, 

 R. Br., and Acianthus exsertus, R. Br., all collected this season. 



By Mr. R. E. Luher. — Daphnia carinata, var. inagniceps, 

 from University Jake. 



By Mr. A. L. Scott. — Dipping from Argus re Australian 

 diatomite, and a sample given to exhibitor as ha\nng come from 

 Talbot, Vic. 



By Mr. J. Searle. — Curious gall, Apiomorpha duplex, from the 

 ranges at Warburton, 4,000 feet above sea-level. 



By Mr. P. R. H. St. John. — Specimen of the Black-shouldered 

 Kite, Elaniis axillaris, Gld. ; herbarium specimen of Eucalyptus 

 obliqua, L'Heritier, Messmate, showing one leaf with two mid- 

 veins, collected by exhibitor neai Langwarrin, 5/6/16. 



By Mr. P. R. H. St. John, for and on behalf of the Curator of 

 the Melbourne Botanic Gardens. — Sample of crude oil of 

 Eucalyptus rostrata, Schlecht., material obtained from cultivated 

 tree in Melbourne Botanic Gardens ; prepared by exhibitor, 

 24th May, 1916. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Recollections of the Early Gippsland Goldfields. — 

 This booklet of about 80 pages, by Mr. Richard Mackay, recently 

 published at Traralgon, does not contain much that can be 

 called natural history ; still, in the descriptions given of the 

 trials and difflculties of opening up mines in such inaccessible 

 regions as the Gippsland mountains, there are many paragraphs 

 which only those who are familiar with the geology and botany 

 of similar localities can jH'operly appreciate. As a record of 

 an eventful c'areer Mr. Mackay's recollections are worth 

 reading, especially by young Victorians, whose knowledge of 

 the stirring times of the diggings days has to be obtained 

 secondhand. 



