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Mr. Dodwell illustrated inauy of the important discoveries; 

 made in the heavens. With the aid of powerful telescopes^ 

 members came into much closer vision with some of the planets 

 and their moons as well as our own satellite. 



On August 16 a useful afternoon was spent at Mr. R. 

 Osborne's, Clarence Park, inspecting his collection of some 

 hundreds of native and foreign birds, which he has splendidly 

 housed under natural conditions. Afterwards members 

 accepted Mr. and Mrs. Osborne's kind invitation to join them 

 at refreshments. 



On September 6 new ground Avas broken in visiting the 

 Torrens Gorge, via Athelstone. Under the leadership of Pro- 

 fessor T. G. B. Osborn the party alighted and traversed the 

 Torrens bed, where the mosses and other examples of the 

 flora were found to be somewhat sparse, due to the dryness of 

 the season ; nevertheless, members were able to make a satis- 

 factory collection, and on arrival at the Gorge, Professor 

 Osborn addressed the members. He dealt with the species of 

 native flora found, and then proceeded with an interesting 

 dissertation on mosses and their manner of propagation, and 

 mentioned the similarities and differences which they present 

 to other plants. Dr. R. S. Rogers explained to members the 

 structure of orchids found on the hillsides, referring especially 

 to the means adopted by these flowers to encourage fertilization. 



During the year Mr. J. M. Black recorded the discovery^ 

 of a specimen of Eremojihila snhfiucciLOsa, found at Coorabie,^ 

 on the Australian Bight, it being the first specimen found in 

 South Australia, and hitherto supposed to be a native of 

 Western Australia onl)^. Another interesting discovery re- 

 corded by Mr. Black was the male yellow^ Microcalis- 

 quadrangularis , at Knightsbridge, its hnhiiat being California^ 

 and South America. 



E. H. Lock, Chairman. 



Percival H. E. Runge, Ho7i. Secretary. 



[Correction. — In the synopsis published in the last Report 

 (1912), of my address, read September 19, 1911. 1 am made to say 

 that Mr. Jas. Page, of Mitcham, was "practically the founder of 

 the National Park, Belair." In the address itself (see page 248, 

 vol. xxsv.) I described the temporarily successful efforts of Messrs. 

 Page and Gooch on two occasions in preventing the sale of what 

 was then the Government Farm ; but the actual foundation of the 

 Park was my motion, "That the Government Farm be declared 

 a public park and handed over to trustees to manage." The 

 result after three shears' strenuous and continuous agitation was. 

 the National Park as now constituted. I therefore insist that I 

 was the ''founder," being just in time to frustrate the third 

 attempt to sell the land, so that it is now a park in perpetuity. — 

 Samuel Dixon.] 



