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trunks of tree-ferns, and had eventually sent their stems down 

 to the soil, a distance of several feet. 



A report of the excursion to Green vale and Woodlands on 

 Saturday, 2nd October, was given by the leader, Mr. F. G. A. 

 Barnard, who said that thirty members and friends made this 

 trip by char-a-banc. The first halt was made at Gellibrand's 

 Hill, about a mile north of Broadmeadows township, from 

 whence a fine view of the city and northern suburbs was 

 obtained. In the immediate vicinity arc some fine specimens 

 oi Red Gums, Eucalyptus rostrata, while the flowers of numerous 

 small plants, such as the Blue Squill, Chamcescilla corymbosa, 

 Hairy Stylewort, Levenhookia dubia, Plain Bindweed, Con- 

 volvulus erubescens, Slender Speedwell. Veronica gracilis, and 

 the yellow amaryllid, Hypoxis glabella, decked the ground 

 round about. Gellibrand's Hill is the nearest outcrop of granite 

 to Melbourne and from it the stone for the original Prince's 

 Bridge was obtained nearly seventy years ago. From the hill 

 the party walked through the grounds of the Greenvale 

 Sanatorium into the Woodlands Estate, where a singular granite 

 tor was pointed out. The fine gums with which the estate is 

 splendidly wooded were greatly admired ; these include the 

 Yellow Box. Eucalyptus melliodora, Manna Gum. E. viminalis, 

 and Narrow-leaved Peppermint. E. amygdalina. On resuming 

 the journey in the ear a run of about two miles broughl us to 

 the basalt plain through which the Deep Creek has cut its way, 

 and, descending into the valley by a steep, picturesque gorge, 

 we were soon a1 Wildwood Bridge. Here, milk and hoi watei 

 having been obtained a1 .1 neighbouring farm-house, afternoon 

 tea was taken. The scene a1 the bridge was ratlin pretty, 

 owing to the masses of the Smaller Clematis, C. microphylla, 

 entwined aboul the othei shrubs, it 1 - feathery-appendaged seeds 

 being nearly ripe. This spot, if it were nol so far from town 

 (iS miles), and so difficult to gel a1 excepl by motor, would 

 be a suitable Locality Eoi Club outings, the geological features 



being so differenl to thosw the eastern side oi Melbourne. 



[hiring the afternoon Mi. P. R. H. St. John identified a numbei 

 of interesting birds, including three cuckoos. A rapid run 

 home was made, the city being reached aboul a quartet past 

 en. 



A report oi the excursion to Frankston on Saturday, 9th 

 October, was given l>y the Leader, Mr. J. R. Tovey, who said 

 thai the party of sixteen members and friends were favoured 

 by ,-i fine afternoon, and a very pleasanl ramble had resulted 

 Ovei forty specie oi (lowering plants wen noted, the most 

 picuous being the Wedding-bush, Ricinocarpus pinifolius, 

 Pink Swamp-heath, Sprengelia incarnata, Blunt-leaved Heath, 

 Epacrii obtusifolia, Myrrh Tea-tree, Leptospermum myrsinoides, 



