lO The South Australian Naturalist. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF NATIVE PLANTS 

 OR PLANT SURVEY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 



Donations to the Herbarium. 



The collection of plants presented by Mr. A. H. Elston and 

 the prize collections of Mount Barker High School and Yorke 

 Valley Public School, together with those mentioned below, 

 will form the nucleus of our Herbarium. The following have 

 made donations of plants : 



1. Mr. B. Hand (Streaky Bay). 



2. Mr. William Ham (Iron Knob). 



3. Prof. J. B. Cleland (various places). 



4. E. H. Ising (Ooldea, etc.). 



5. Miss E. Leahy, Wisanger, K.I. 



Promises of collections have been received from Mount 

 Barker, Renmark, Yorke Valley, and Inman Valley. 



E.H.I. 



THE FORTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FIELD 



NATURALISTS' SECTION OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



OF S.A. (INCORPORATED). 



For Year ended September 24, 1923. 



General. 



The Committee have pleasure in presenting the fortieth 

 annual report. 



Membership. 



Last year the membership was 183, and depletion of our 

 ranks by death and resignations during the twelve months 

 amounted to 27. New members elected total 29, thus making 



the present total 185. 



Obituary. 

 We are sorry to have to record the death of Mr. J. G. 

 Ashton. who was one of our earliest members and who took a 

 keen interest in natural history subjects. 



Lectures. 



We are greatly indebted to the lecturers, upon whom we 

 depend for maintaining interest in the Section. Lectures were 

 given as follows : — 



''Botanv for Beginners," by Mr. J. M. Black; "Our 

 Wattles," bv Mr. A. J. Campbell; "Aquatic Life," by Mr. 

 H. M. Hale; "Rock Study," by Sir Douglas Mawson, D.Sc; 

 "Nature Photography," by Messrs. B. Beck, A. J. Morison, 



