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had been allowed to disappear through want of appreciation 

 and neglect, or had been made available to the service of man 

 by the use of the axe and the saw. He placed on record, 

 however, the height of a " Mountain Ash," Eucalyptus regnans, 

 felled at Thorpdale, Gippsland, in 1880, which, measured by 

 a qualified surveyor with a steel tape, totalled 375 feet. The 

 author pointed out by means of diagrams the difficulties of 

 securing the true measurement even with a theodolite, and that 

 the question of girth depended very largely on the number and 

 size of the buttresses, usually associated with big trees. 



Some discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Pitcher, Gabriel, 

 Shephard, and Barnard took part. 



Owing to he lateness of the hour, with the consent of the 

 author, the reading of Mr. J. W. Audas's paper on " The 

 Characteristic Vegetation of the Yarram District " was post- 

 poned until next meeting. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. J. W. Audas, F.L.S. — ^Timber specimen of Banksia 

 serrata, L., Saw Banksia, from Yarram, October, 1917 — a 

 handsome mahogany-coloured wood, useful for furniture and 

 boat-building ; also fruit specimens of the Arghel, a Syrian 

 plant, Gomphocarp'us fruticosus, Linn., now naturalized in this 

 State. These resemble swans, and are sought after by children 

 to float on water ; collected at Healesville, March, 1918. 



By Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S. — Flowering specimen of 

 Eucalyptus Lehmanni, Schauer, Green-flowering Gum of 

 Western Australia, grown at Balwyn. 



By Mr. C. Daley, F.L.S. — Photographs of Valley of Wonnan- 

 gatta River, taken from Mount Howitt ; the track from Bryce's 

 Homestead ; and a scene on the Wonnangatta River ; also 

 quartz pebbles impressed into water-worn stones from near 

 Stockdale, Gippsland, and a twin-leaf of eucalyptus. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Marine shells — Victorian repre- 

 sentatives of the genus Cyprasa, or Cowrie shells. 



By Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S. — Series of bark sections and 

 timber from Eucalyptus regnans, recently felled at Becnak ; 

 also pul)lication, " The Giant Trees of Victoria," on behalf of 

 Forests Department, Victoria. 



By Mr. R. A. Keble. — Fossil leaves, Sic, obtained on ex- 

 cursion to Wilson's Quarry, Berwick, including portion of a 

 legume, probably new to science. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher. — Flowering specimens of Crotolaria laburni- 

 Jolia, Linn., Laburnum-leaved Bird-flower, Queensland ; Hakca 

 ruscifolia, Labill., Ruscus-leavcd Hakea, Western Australia ; and 

 Lambertia formosa, Smith, Port Jackson Honey-flower, New Soutli 

 Wales, grown at Melbourne Botanic Gardens. 



