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the road cuttings arc of Silurian age, and not Ordovician, as 

 mentioned in the Naturalist of August, 191Q. A visit was paid 

 to Dight's Falls, and the hardened band of sandstone, witli its 

 many small quartz veins, which causes the fall, Mas pointed 

 out, the ripple markings exhibited in many places pointing to 

 the probabilitv of deposition in shallow water. 



A report of the visit to tlie National Museum on Saturday, 

 15th May, was given by the leader, Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., 

 Curator of Zoolog}-, who said that memliers liad been gnatly 

 interested in seeing the store-rooms and other portions of the 

 Museum not accessible to the general public. Surprise had 

 been expressed at the amount of material available for display 

 when required, or for research work. A brief glance at the 

 " H. L. White " ornithological collection concluded an inter- 

 esting afternoon. 



A report of the excursion from Evelyn to Mooroolbark on 

 Monday, 7th June (King's Birthday), was forwarded by the 

 leader, ^Ir. Cr. Coghill, who reported a fair attendance of 

 members. The day was somewhat boisterous and unsettled ; 

 however, the members enjoyed the ramble. Flowers of about 

 thirty species were noted, and, though not of any great interest, 

 they were sufficient to indicate that the locality is worth visiting 

 in the spring, when many others would deck tlie hillsides. A 

 number of species of ferns were seen along the Lilydale water- 

 race, and small specimens obtained for liome cultivation. 



A report of the visit to the National Herbarium on Saturday, 

 19th June, was forwarded by Mr. j. K. 'I\)vey, who acted as 

 leader in the unavoidable absence of tlie leader, Prof. A. J. 

 Ewart, D.Sc, Government Botanist. The members were 

 greatly interested in the historical treasures of the Herbarium 

 — plants collected by Petiver (1703), Banks and Solander (1770), 

 and Robert Brown (1802) — which have been referred to in 

 previous notes about the Herbarium {\'ict. Nat., xxiv., p. 14b ; 

 xxvi., p. 83 ; and xxxi., p. (hj), and which are still in. an ex- 

 cellent state of preservation. An inspection was made oi the 

 library, which contains many valuable works of pre-Linnitan 

 authors, such as O'Brunfel's " Hi-rbarium Icones " (1032), 

 r'uchs's " Historia Stirpium " (1542), Dodoneus (i5b()), and 

 Grew's "Anatomy of Plants" (1O82), as well as a very large 

 collection of all classes of works dealing with botany in its many 

 aspects. 



A report of the; visit to the; (ieologieal Museiun on Saturday, 

 loth July, was, in the absence ot tin- leader, Mr. R. ,\. KebK-, 

 given by Mr. R. W . Armitage, M.Sc, who reported tlutt there 

 had been a fair attendance of members, who were very interested 

 in the fine di.splay of Victorian (■(■f)nomie miiu-nd-^. i\c., .md the 

 information given about them. 



