82 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 
EXHIBITION OF WILD FLOWERS. 
Tne last annual report of the Field Naturalists’ Club contained a 
paragraph suggesting the holding of an exhibition of wild flowers. 
Accordingly in response to the request of the committee exhibits of 
wild flowers was made the special feature of the last meeting of the 
Club. About 150 species of wild plants in bloom were shown. The 
exhibits were arranged in the ordinary show stands, and in most 
cases had their botanizal names, together with those of the natural 
orders attached. The number of exhibits and exhibitors was hardly 
so large as might have been expected, but this was, to a great 
extent, attributable to the weather, the two previous days having 
been so wet and boisterous as to render field work most unpleasant 
even to the greatest enthusiast. The attendance of members and 
visitors was very good, and bearing in mind the great difficulty 
experienced in keeping our native flowers fresh when cut, the 
exhibition may be considered a great success, and should induce the 
committee to set apart, during next season, an evening specially for 
the wild-flower exhibition. With a little effort on the part of the 
members to obtain flowers from distant parts of the colony, 
the evening may be made one of the most interesting and instructive 
gatherings of the Club. 
One of the most noticeable exhibits was that of Mr. G. Coghill, 
who showed about eighty-five varieties of native flowers from 
Donald, Box Hull, Dandenong Ranges, ete., among which were 
Grevilleas, Swainsonias, etc., and about twenty-five species of orchids 
including Chiloglottis Gunn, Caladenia suaveolens, Pterostylis 
mutica, etc. Mr. C. French, F.L.8., showed about sixty species 
from Caulfield, etc., among which were fine specimens of the 
orchids Lyperanthus nigricans, Prasophyllum elatum, ete. Mr. F., 
G. A. Barnard, exhibited about fifty species from Doncaster, 
Ringwood, and Caulfield, including the bladder-wort, Utricularia 
dichotoma, and the orchids Calochilus campestris, Pterostylis barbata, 
P. pedunculata; also the following growing Victorian ferns, Adzantum 
ethiopicum, Lomaria fluriatilis, L. lanceolata, Woodwardia caudata 
and Aspidiwm Capense. Mr. J. E. Dixon, exhibited about twelve 
species of orchids in pots, including Caladenia latifolia, C. Menziest 
and Péterostylis cucullata. Mr. J. McKibbon, orchid Lyperanthus 
nigricans, grown by exhibitor, Smaller but interesting exhibits. 
were shown by Miss Campbell, Miss Halley, Messrs Bage, Best, 
Hill, Topp, and Watts. Mr. T. A. Forbes-Leith exhibitel a 
collection of dried ferns from Mt. Blackwood; Mrs. J. Simson, cut 
flowers of the Waratah (Zelopea speciosissima), from New South 
Wales; Dr. Lucas, a fern Menisciwm triphyllum, new to Australia, 
from Queensland; Mr. C. Jesse, water-colour drawings of native 
