668 



Wild Flower Show, 1921. — A very successful show was 

 held on September 23 and 24, and the net proceeds amounted 

 to £69. 



"The South Australian Naturalist." — Our paper has 

 been published quarterly and has been the means of main- 

 taining interest in our Section. 



Vernacular Plant Names. — The Sub-committee ap- 

 pointed has not met during the year. It is understood that 

 the Victorian Field ^Naturalists' Club is publishing a new 

 flora of thai State, in which common names will be shown.. 

 It may be possible to include popular names in the new Flora 

 of South Australia now being prepared. 



Flower Shows in other States.— At our previous 

 flower shows we have been fortunate in receiving big consign- 

 ments from other States, and we have reciprocated as far as 

 possible. This year parcels of native flowers have been sent 

 as follows: — (1) To Melbourne, Victorian F.N. Club's Exhi- 

 bition, June 20. (2) To Sydney, Naturalists' Society of New 

 South Wales Exhibition on September 7 and 8. (3) To 

 Broken Hill, Barrier Field Naturalists' Club Wild Flower 

 Show on September 9. We intend sending wild flowers to 

 the Queensland Naturalists' Club, September 30, and Vic- 

 torian Field Naturalists' Club, October 3. It has also been 

 arranged to make an exhibit of wild flowers at the Sweet 

 Pea Exhibition, in the Adelaide Town Hall, on September 23, 

 and at the Horticultural and Floricultural Society's Flower 

 Show on October 27. Mrs. Page, of Myponga, has been a 

 great help in this connection. 



Newspaper Reports. — We are grateful to the daily 

 papers for inserting our reports of excursions and lectures, 

 and to The Register, in particular, for its sympathetic atti- 

 tude generally towards Nature subjects. 



Obituary. — It is our sad duty to record the death of 

 several members during the term as follows: — Mr. G. De 

 Caux, a young man who was deeply interested in Nature, 

 and who had made a special study of orchids, and was the 

 first to discover in South Australia the Duck Orchid (Caleana 

 major). He was studying for the ministry and gave pro- 

 mise of exceptional ability. Mr. Jas. Aitken died recently 

 at an advanced age, and was known to our Section for his 

 wide knowledge of natural history. Mr. A. M. Drummond 

 was a member for a number of years, and through his genial 

 personality he was well liked. His interests in natural history 

 were of a general character. 



Wm. Ham, Chairman. 



Ernest Ising, Hon. Secretary. 



