34 THE VICTORIAK KATURALIPT, 



bj liis ■\Tortliy successor, Baron Von Mueller, and were in a perfect 

 state of preservation. The growing plants, the Victorian ferns 

 shown by W. R. Guilfoyle and F. G. A. Barnard, and the exotic 

 Orchids of J. F. Roberts, formed a new and most pleasing featui'e. 

 Mr. Bailey's splendid series of fossil fish from the Lebanon 

 Cretaceous, and another, equally fine, from the Old Red Sandstone of 

 Scotland, were admired and examined by nearly everyone. The 

 microscopes of Mr. H. Watts, who devoted the whole evening to 

 their superintendence, afforded visitors an opportuni'-y, largely 

 availed of, of seeing his carefully mounted preparations for illustrating 

 the structure of Insects, his well-stained specimens of the tissues of 

 Australian plants, and a large number of histological slides. We 

 Aviil now giv^e a more detailed list of the exhibiis. 

 Baron von Mueller. — Specimens of Australian Timbers in book 

 patterns ; Specimens of plants collected at Port Phillip, 1802-4, 

 by Robert Brown ; Album of European Fodder grasses, and 

 Coloured Plates of Edible British Fungi. 

 J. F. Bailey. — Series of 32 Fossil Fishes from the Cretaceous 

 of the Lebanon, including beautifully-preserved specimens of 

 Spaniodon Blondelii and 5^. elonaatios, Rhmellus farcatus 

 and Gyclohates oligodaciylus. Two large slabs were shown full 

 of fine specimens of Olupea, &c. 

 Series of 32 species of Fossil Fish from Old Red Sandstone of 

 Scotland, including Diplaeanthus lovgispinus. Coccostcus 

 ohlonga, Gheirolepis Cmnminqii, Pferichthys, &c. 

 A fine collection of Ammonites from the Lias of England, one 

 slab alone containing about 100 well-defined specimens of 

 ^. Smithii. 

 Slab of Eozoon Canadense. Collection of 307 specimens of 

 Victorian Shells, made by Mr. Bailey, probably the most 

 complete yet achieved. 

 All Mr. Bailey's collections can be seen systematically arranged 

 in the Museum of the Trustees of the Exhibition Building. 

 W. R. Guilfoyle.— Collection of 40 Victorian Ferns in pots. 

 F. G. A. Barkard. — 6 Victorian Ferns, in pots, the most notice- 

 able being Gleichenia circinata, and G.fiabeXlaia- 

 Also, 6 cases of Insects collected in and around Kew, one case 

 containing typical specimens of the different orders, sections, 

 and families of Insects, and one case each of the orders 

 Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptora, Neuroptera, and Hymen- 

 op tera. 

 J. F. Roberts. — Magnificent flowering specimens of Oncidium 

 Papilio, from Trinidad, O. Rogersi, Odontoglossum grande, a 

 new Galanthe from l^ew Caledonia bearing a tall spike of pure 

 white flowers, Lcelia autumnalis, and other rare orchids, inter- 

 spersed with ferns. 

 H. Watts. — Several series of microscopical objects as above 



described. 

 J. E. Prince and 0. A. Sayce also showed microscopes. 



