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Mr. D. M'Alpine, F.C.S., Ormond College— Slides of transverse 

 sections of the petioles of Eucalypts, under microscopes. 



Mr J. N. M'Kibbin, South Yarra — Collection of pot-grown 

 orchids, in bloom, Pterostylis acuminata, P. parvijlora, P. pedalo- 

 glossum, p. apJiylla, P. praecox, P. refiexa, Eriochiliis aiitiimnalis, 

 .E. fimbriatus, Aciantkus exsertus ; two cases each of beetles, 

 butterflies, and moths, and one of orthoptera (phasmidce) ; lizards 

 with abnormal tails. 



Baron F. von Mueller, K.C.M.G., South Yarra — New plants 

 from New South Wales and Queensland. 



Mr. J. E. Prince, Windsor — Two volumes of dried flowers 

 from England, the Continent, and America, containing many rare 

 specimens; seeds of various Australian and Polynesiin trees and 

 ■shrubs. 



Mr. F. Reader, Richmond — Victorian dried plants, order 

 ■compositEe, sub- tribe Helichryseje ; Victorian mosses ; New 

 Zealand flowering plants ; rare New Zealand mosses ; rare African 

 and American mosses ; foreign micro-fungi ; European algae 

 (mostly fresh- water). 



Mr. J. F. Roberts, Kew — Shells, minerals, etc., from New 

 Caledonia. 



Mr. G. W. Robinson, Berwick — Flowers and leaves of Cinchona 

 (Peruvian bark) tree, and cork bark, grown at Berwick from 

 plants obtained from Baron F. von Mueller, K.C.M.G. 



Mr. O. H. Sayce, Melbourne — Under microscopes, the organs 

 of flowers, showing differences between wind and insect fertilised 

 •species ; vegetable and animal blights, including the vine plagues, 

 Phylloxera vastatrix and Oidmm Tuckeri; indigenous and intro- 

 duced scale insects. 



Mr. H. T. Tisdall, F.L.S., Albert Park— Portfolio of Gippsland 

 ferns ; coloured drawings of Gippsland flowers ; Victorian fungi, 

 -etc. 



Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., Kew — Dried plants, representative of 

 the Natural Orders of Southern Victoria. 



Mr. H. Watts, Collingwood — Collection of Victorian seaweeds 

 (mounted) ; herbarium specimens of parasitic fungi ; under 

 microscopes : fresh-water algae, desmids, also insects and spiders 

 (mounted whole), etc. 



Mr. S. H. Wintle, F.L.S., Fitzroy — Victorian paleozoic and 

 mesozoic fossils ; gem stones ; cluster of gold crystals from Tas- 

 mania ; zeolites from Melbourne basaltic quarries. 



Mr. T. Worcester, West Melbourne — Six cases of land and 

 •marine shells from various countries. 



About half-past ten o'clock the visitors began to disperse, 

 'liaving spent a very pleasant and instructive evening. 



