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Vol. v.— No. 7. NOVEMBER, 1888. No. 59. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 

 The monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 8th October, i888. 



Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., F.L.S., one of the vice-presidents, 

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

 were present, among the latter being Dr. Murray Gibbes, of 

 New Zealand. 



A letter was read from Mr. W. B. Waterfall, of Bristol, Eng- 

 land, desiring to correspond and exchange specimens of mosses 

 with Victorian bryologists. 



The hon. librarian acknowledged the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library: — " Synopsis of Queensland Flora," with 

 first and second supplements ; " Classified Index of Indigenous 

 and Naturalised Plants of Queensland," with first and second 

 supplement; "Plants reputed Poisonous and Injurious to 

 Stock," " The Fern World," " Queensland Fungi," *' Catalogue 

 of Plants in Metropolitan Gardens, Brisbane ;" and "Catalogues 

 of Economic Plants, Grasses, and Woods in Queensland Court, 

 Melbourne Exhibition, i888," by F. M. Bailey, F.L.S., Colonial 

 Botanist, Queensland, from the author; "New and Rare 

 Hydroida," by W. M. Bale, F.R.M.S., from the author; 

 " London Catalogue of British Mosses and Hepatics," from 

 Mr. W. B. Waterfall ; " Quarterly Mining Reports," June, i888, 

 from Mining department; "Transactions of Geographical 

 Society of Australasia (Victorian Branch)," Vol. 6, part I, 

 from the Society ; " Proceedings of Royal Society of New 

 South Wales," Vols. 14, 15, 16, 17, and 22, part I., from the 

 Society; "Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South 

 Wales," second series, Vol. 3, part II., from the Society ; 

 " Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland," Vol. 5, 

 part II., from the Society; "Proceedings of F. N. Section, 

 Royal Society of South Australia," 1886-7, f^o^fi the Society; 

 " Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society," Vol. III., 

 No. 3, from the Society; and "Journal of Pharmacy," Septem- 

 ber, 1888. 



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

 Croydon on 15th September, which was well attended, and an 

 interesting afternoon spent, though plants in flower were some- 

 what scarce. The excursion to Cheltenham, on 29th September, 



