THE 



ictjai^ian maturali^t^ 



Vol. III.— Ko. 11. MAECH, 1887. No. 39. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall, on Monday evening, 14th February, 1887. 



Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, vice-president, occupied 

 the chair, and about sixty-five members and visitors were pre- 

 sent. 



Mr. Coutts Trotter, F.R.G.S., was present as a visitor. 



A letter was read from the Chief Secretary, stating that the 

 Club's request for representation on the Exhibition Commission 

 would receive due consideration. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following dona- 

 tions to the library : — " Report of the Department of Agriculture, 

 Victoria," for 1873, from the department ; " Quarterly Reports 

 of the Mining JDepartment, Victoria," June and September, 

 1886, from the department; "Journal of Pharmacy," January, 

 1887; and a pamphlet from Madame A. Friederich ; and that 

 Cooke's " Microscopic Fungi," Taylor's " Notes on Collecting, 

 etc., Natural History Objects," and the " Report of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture," 1874, had been purchased. 



The following \^ere elected members of the Club : — Messrs. 

 Edward Dombrain, W. E. Matthews, and R. L. Pudney. 



Papers were promised for future meetings by Messrs. C. 

 French, F.L.S., H. Watts, and S. H. Wintle, F.L.S. 



PAPERS READ. 



I. By Mr. H. T. Tisdall, F.L.S., "A Botanical Ramble in a 

 Gippsland Gully." The writer gave a most interesting account 

 of the principal objects which would attract the eye of a botanist 

 in a ramble through a thick fern gully. After calling attention 

 to the various species of ferns which border the stream, he 

 referred to some of the larger trees, and mentioned several use3 

 to which their various parts were put by ihe aboriginals in their 

 everyday life or ceremonies. 



Some little discussion followed the reading of the paper. 



