88 ANNUAL MEETING. 
~ At one of the evening meeting Mr. H. Tryon gave an address 
on the collection and preservation of botanical specimens and on 
the formation and arrangement of herbaria. The other evening 
meetings were called for the purpose of preparing programmes for 
future occasions. ‘The field excursions have been as follows :—- 
1886 1. Saturday, g October. Bowen Park. 
Ds is 16 . Indooroopilly. 
3 * 23 5 The Gap, Enoggera. 
4 54 13. Nov. Eagle Farm. 
ise = 27 rr Three-mile Scrub, Enoggera. 
je 8Os Hriday. S) 410) se Dec. Rosewood, S. & W. Railway. 
7. Saturday, 18 a Toombul. 
8. 5 8 Jan. Mount Gravatt. 
9 - 5 Heb: Lutwyche. 
fe) ie 19 me Sandgate. 
I 3 12 March. Simpson’s Gate, Ithaca Creek, 
via Toowong. 
» 12. Thursday, 17 + Dinmore and Riverview. 
», 13. Saturday, 26 ~ Mount Pleasant. 
oR AS FP LOLOnn seAprtl Helidon. 
ae ans . 2g im Ithaca Creek. 
“HG. i 7 May. Indooroopilly (second visit). 
my lige » 2 5 Three-mile Scrub (second 
visit). 
ay ate! 4 June Nundah and Kedron Brook. 
1g. Sat to Tu., r1&8to 21 Mar. Mount Mistake. 
Fifteen of these were on the Saturday afternoon; two, viz., 
Rosewood on Separation Day, and Dinmore on St. Patrick’s Day, 
for whole days; and two, Helidon at Easter time, and Mount 
Mistake during the “jubilee holidays,” for longer periods. 
The maximum attendance at any field meeting has been fifteen ; 
the minimum, four ; the average probably eight or nine. 
Reports of several of the meetings, written by members of the 
Section, have appeared from time to time in the press. 
The main energies of the Section have been directed towards 
botanical study, stimulated in this pursuit by the constant and 
unwearied attention of their leader in this department, Mr. 
F. M. Bailey, F.L.S., who has never missed a meeting. ‘To this 
gentleman the thanks of the members are most emphatically due. 
To meet the wants of the student members in this branch of 
science, a course of weekly lectures on structural botany has been 
commenced. Mr. J. Shirley, B.Sc., has kindly undertaken the 
conduct of these, and they have been regularly attended and 
appreciated by nine or ten members glad to receive the aid of his 
generous assistance. 
