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Excursion to Morialta, September 1, 1923. — A party of 

 members, under the guidance of Mr. Hogan, visited Morialta, 

 and greatly enjoyed the splendid scenery of the gorge and 

 the beauty of the waterfalls. The well-planned planting of 

 nativie trees, under the guidance of Mr. Hogan, is greatly 

 enhancing the rugged beauty of this picturesque valley. 



Excursion to the Park Lands and City Nursery, September 

 8, 1923. — Under the leadership of Mr. A. J. Morison and the 

 City Gardener, Mr. A. W. Pelzer, a large party inspected a part 

 of Adelaide's 2,000 acres of park lands. About 80 species of 

 trees are grown in the parks and city streets. The merits and 

 disadvantages of various trees were keenly discussed. There 

 was general agreement that the city and its parks had been 

 greatly beautified by the planting already accomplished, and 

 that there still remained a great scope for increase in the 

 numbers of the trees, both in the streets and in the parks. A 

 visit to the City Nursery gave members a better idea of the 

 work entailed in keeping up and extending the gardens, play- 

 grounds, and plantations so skilfully managed by the City 

 Gardener. 



Excursion to Hope Valley, September 29, 1923. — A party 

 of members, under the guidance of Prof. J. B. Cleland, visited 

 this delightful spot, and found quite a wealth of native flowers 

 as yet untouched by the destroyer's hand. A very enjoyable 

 afternoon was spent, and the botanists of the party were able 

 to collect quite a large variety of specimens. 



Excursion to the Grange, October 6, 1923. — A visit to the 

 Grange proved prolific of interesting material. The leader 

 was Mr. A. G. Edquist. The favourite haunts of the abor- 

 igines, before the advent of the white man, the sandhills still 

 retain many traces of their ancient occupation in the form of 

 burned clay (marking the old fireplaces), chipped stones, and 

 shaped quartzite scrapers, hammer stones, etc. Some of the 

 party dredged the pools for living pond animals, of which 

 many interesting forms were taken. The leader spoke on 

 pond life in general and the life history of some of the more 

 common forms. 



Excursion to Warren Reservoir, October 10, 1923. — The 



visit to Warren Reservoir on Eight Hours Day, under the 

 leadership of Professor T. G. B. Osborn, D.Sc, was unfortu- 

 nately marred by the boisterous weather. The route via Mill- 

 brook and Kersbrook led through some of the finest scenery 

 of the hills. From the time of arrival at the Reservoir the 

 almost constant rain prevented much collecting by the botan 

 ists of the party, and not many species were taken. 





