■'^"'_^'' 1 Field Nafitralisis' Club —Pyoceedtn^s. 41 



" A report of the Plant Names Sub-committee has l^een 

 forwarded by the honorary secretary, Dr. C. S. Sutton, and is 

 as follows : — Six meetings of the Plant Names Sub-committee 

 were held during the year. After completing the provisional 

 naming of the plants of our census, the sub-committee occupied 

 itself in the revision of the third and last section for the 

 printer. At the instance of the Curator of the Industrial and 

 Technological Museum, Mr. R. H. Walcott, the ' Catalogue of 

 the Economic Woods of Victoria ' was also revised, in view of 

 its re-issue as a new edition. The balance of the second section 

 of the flora — Chenopodiaceae to Haloragaceae — was printed in 

 the Journal of the Department of Agricultiire for February, 1914, 

 and reprints of the whole of the section as it appeared in the 

 issues of July and September, 1912, and February, 1914, 

 became available for distribution last month. It is hoped that 

 members and others will apply for copies of the reprints and 

 favour the sub-committee with their criticism as soon as 

 possible. 



" The excursions were rather poorly attended during the 

 year, the increased demand on the youth of the State for 

 military drill being to some extent the cause. However, several 

 interesting outings took place, when members had oppor- 

 tunities of becoming acquainted with objects which, without 

 capable leaders, might easily be overlooked. It is gratifying 

 to record that the Club excursion to the Baw Baw plateau in 

 January last had, among its results, the addition of two species 

 to the list of Victorian orchids. 



"The visit to the Botanical Gardens on Saturday, 8th 

 November, took the form of a social afternoon, in which over 

 fifty members and friends participated, and, after a ramble 

 through the gardens, the whole party sat down to afternoon 

 tea as the guests of the committee. The outing was such an 

 enjoyable one that it was suggested that the method of 

 spending the afternoon was one which might be tried again. 



" The thirtieth volume of the Victorian Naturalist, containing 

 several illustrations and maps, has been published, and duly 

 issued to members, &c. For reasons of economy the usual 

 list of members has been omitted, but the names of those 

 elected during the year will be found in the monthly proceedings. 



" Again the Club's thanks are due to those executive officers 

 who have devoted so much time to the Club's welfare, and 

 particularly to Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, the honorary editor of 

 the Victorian Naturalist. 



" The Club has been actively engaged in the protection of 

 bird-life where rare species were in danger of extermination 

 in the search for plumes, skins, &c., for millinery purposes, 

 and where the Hves of insectivorous birds were endangered by 



