^^'^■'l Field Natiiyalists' Club — Proceedinss. wi 



1917 J t, .-) 



By Dr. C. S. Sutton. — Dried specimens of the orchids Cala- 

 denia clavigcra, A. Cunn., collected at Blue Range Creek, near 

 ]\Iansfield, in November, 1906, and Thclymitra grandiflora, Fitz., 

 a flesh-coloured specimen collected at Wilson's Promontor^^ in 

 October, 1909 ; another from an unknown Victorian locality, 

 and a third, which, though it does not conform with any recorded 

 species, is considered by Dr. Rogers a variety, from Flinders 

 Island, in November. rqi2. 



By Mr. H. B. Williamson. — Flowers of Chieranthera linearis, 

 Cunn., from Chiltern, North-East Victoria. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



EXCURSION TO BELGRAVE. 



Ox the occasion of the Club's exhibition of wild-flowers at the 

 Melbourne Town Hall on 2nd October last, His Excellency the 

 Governor-General, Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, G.C.M.G., 

 after performing the opening ceremony, expressed a wish to be 

 allowed to join one of the ordinary Club excursions. As Sir 

 Ronald is interested in forestr}^ it was thought that the ex- 

 cursion to Belgrave on the programme for Saturday, 27th 

 October, would be a suitable occasion, and he was accordingly 

 invited to take part in it. About thirty members left town 

 by the early train, reaching Belgrave, 26 miles, about half-past 

 eleven. His Excellency, with the leader, motored from town, 

 reaching Belgrave shortly after the train contingent. After 

 the usual introductions the Monbulk road was taken, and the 

 picturesqueness of the locality was soon a topic of conversation, 

 the many fine Blackwood trees, Acacia melanoxylon, being 

 greatly admired. Our visitor was soon busy making inquiries 

 as to the respective values from a timber point of view of the 

 different trees seen alongside the road, where the Starry Aster, 

 Olearia sfellidata, var. lyrata, and the Musk-tree, 0.- argophylla, 

 decked with their white flowers, grew in profusion. About three- 

 quarters of a mile from the township the party left the road, 

 taking the tourist track to the Sherbrooke Falls. Shortly 

 after, at one of the rustic bridges over a minor creek, a photo- 

 graph of the party was taken, a copy of which is on view 

 to-night. The walk was then continued through the forest, 

 the usual vegetation, such as Hazel, Musk, Christmas-tree, 

 Silver Wattle, Blackwood, Native Mulberry, lining the track 

 on cither hand, interspersed with tree-ferns, smaller ferns, and 

 other plants. In about two miles the camping-ground at the 

 Falls was reached. Here rustic tables and seats, also fireplaces 

 for billy-boiling, are provided for visitors. A halt was made 

 for lunch, which was enjoyed in perfect weather and ideal 

 surroundings. After lunch the president of tlie Club, Mr. F. 



