84 Exhibitiou of Wild-F/o'u'ers. [v„i'"xxx'vn. 



Australia quickly found purchasers. The sales of flo\v(^rs 

 realized ;^2 2. This amount would have been larger had not a 

 consignment of Waratahs, ordered from Sydney, been delayed 

 in transit, thus missing the exhibition. 



Afternoon tea was provided by another band of ladies under 

 Miss Gabriel and Mrs. Barnard, who experienced a heavy demand 

 on their department, and handed over £12 6s. as the result of 

 their efforts. 



The list of members and friends wlio forwarded flowers is very 

 imperfect from the fact that many persons omitted to attach 

 to the packages either their name or the locality where collected. 

 So far as could be ascertained, the following were exhibitors : — 

 New South Wales. — Matron Cornwall, Red Cross Convalescent 

 Home, Wentworth Falls ; Mrs. A. Singleton, Corowa. Queens- 

 land. — The Director, Botanic Gardens, Brisbane ; Queensland 

 Field Naturalists' Club, Brisbane. South Australia. — Field 

 Naturahsts' Section, Royal Society of South Austraha, Ade- 

 laide. Western Australia. — Miss Mason, Cottesloe : Mr. — 

 Fisher, Perth ; Mr. E. A. Sims, Perth ; Mr. J. D. Gloster, Kelms- 

 cott (Kangaroo Paws). Victoria. — J. W. Auda5-., South Yarra ; 

 F. G. A. Barnard, Croydon ; D. Best, Kcw ; Miss K. Brooks, 

 Maldon ; A. Burns, Ringwood : Miss L. Barker, Castlemaine ; 

 Mrs. Coleman, Blackburn ; G. Coghill, ]\Ioc : ISIiss C. C. Currie, 

 Lardner ;' Miss C. Coutts, Fyans Creek, Stawell ; C. Daley, 

 Wilson's Promontory ; Mrs. W. F. Dyall, Drouin ; Mrs. Evans, 

 Lima East ; — English, Mount Evelyn ; — Ford, Greensborough ; 

 Mrs. C. French, jun., Canterbury; Mrs. J. Grylls, Dingee ; 

 Master Harry, Mentonc ; Mrs. Harbcck, Heyficld ; Dr. N. 

 Henderson, Mildura ; Miss Howard, Lubeck ; — Hughes, War- 

 took ; D. Matthew, Footscray ; — Morcom, Stawell ; Miss G. 

 Nethercote, Hawthorn ; Miss G. Nokes. Sandringham ; C. Oke, 

 St. Kilda ; I). J. Paton, Bendigo ; F. Pitcher, Belgrave ; E. E. 

 Pescott, Camberwell ; F. Rich, Rushworth ; K. Scule, Sand- 

 ringham ; Ling Ah Mouy, Belgrave ; Miss L. Thomas, 

 Stawell ; H. S. Williamson, Dandenong ; h\ Wisewould, 

 Pakenham ; Mrs. R. Ward, Moe ; J as. Yoimg, Stawell ; Mrs. 

 Young, Stawell. It should be noted that in many cases the 

 places named are the addresses of the exhibitors, and not the 

 localities where the flowers were collected. 



Flowers were also rtx'eived from the State schools at Dan- 

 denong, Diamond Creek, anrl Lima I-'ast, and fmm the care- 

 taker at Yan Yean Reservoir. 



Many interesting flowers were exhibited, but it has been 

 found impossible to record their names. More or Kss complete 

 series of the following orders were grouped together : — 

 Epacridae, RutacCcX-. Composita.-. Leguminosje, Mvrtace*, 

 Proteacea-, and Labiata^ 



