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Vol. v.— N"o. 5. SEPTEMBER, 1888. N"o. 57. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The eighth annual meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 13th August, 1888. 



Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., LL.B., F.L.S., one of the vice-presi- 

 dents, occupied the chair, and about fifty-five members and 

 visitors were present. 



The hon. librarian acknowledged the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Iconography of Acacias of Austral- 

 asia," Decades 9, 10, and 11, from the Victorian Government; 

 "Light," No. I, from the editor, Sydney; "Christ's College 

 Magazine," Nos. i, 2,3, and 4, from the Christ's College Natural 

 History Society, Hobart ; and " Journal of Pharmacy," July, 

 1888, from the Pharmaceutical Society. 



The hon. secretary read a short account of the Club excursion 

 to Sandringham on Saturday, 14th July, when the afternoon was 

 devoted principally to a search for fungi under the ti-tree fringing 

 the coast. The party was fairly successful, the following species 

 being among those obtained : — Agaricus ( Flammida) crodphyUiis, 

 C and M. ; A. ( Nancoi'ia) piisiohis, Fr. ; A. ( Psilocybe) comptus, 

 B. and Br. ; Amanita gemmatus, Fr. ; and ISfereum, sp. 



On a ballot being taken, Miss Leake, Mrs. B. Glass, Mr. G. S. 

 Perrin, F.L.S,, and Mr. V. Tonneau were duly elected members 

 of the Club. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The hon. secretary read the eighth annual report, which will 

 be printed, and distributed to the members as soon as possible. 

 It congratulated the members on the continued prosperity of the 

 Club. During the year 1887-8 about sixty ladies and gentlemen 

 had been elected members of the Club, the total number of 

 members now amounting to nearly 210. Twenty-three papers 

 dealing with the various branches of natural history had been 

 read. The exhibition of wild flowers had been very successful, 

 some 250 species being shown. The annual conversazione was 

 again a great success, and was attended by over 750 persons. 

 The excursions had been fairly successful and very enjoyable, 

 and a lengthy expedition had been made to King Island, with 



