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APPENDICES. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' SECTION 



OP THE 



Jlogal §ocktD of §outh Australia, 



SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE, 



COMMITTEE. 



Being for the Year Ending September 30th, 1900. 



Evening Meetings. — Nine evening meetings have beexi 

 held, of which the following is a list: — 



1899. 

 Oct. 17 — "The Fertilization of Flowers," Mr. S. Smeaton, 



B.A. 

 Nov. 21 — Reports of Excursion to Port Victor. Various 



members. 

 1900. 

 March 20 — Particulars of Science Congress held at Melbourne 



in January, 1900. Messrs. M. S. Clark and 



S. Smeaton, B.A. 

 April 24 — Results of Easter Encampment of Boys' Field 



Club, Port Noarlunga. Mr. E. Ashby. 

 May 15— "How Plants Live and Grow," Mr. J. G. O. 



Tepper, F.L.S. 

 June 19 — "Seeds and their Distribution," Mr. S. Smeaton. 



B.A. 

 July 17— "The Structure of Shell Fish, " Mr. R. J. M. Clucas 

 Aug. 21— "The Leaves of Plants," Miss E. F. Haycraft, 



B.Sc. 

 Sept. 18 — Annual Meeting, Chairman's Address, "Australian 



Birds," Mr. E. Ashby. 



The attendance at these meetings has been well sustained, 

 being greater than the usual average, and almost as high as 

 for any year during the last decade. A special feature has 

 been a course of papers on Structural Botany. In addi- 

 tion to the seeds and leaves of plants, the chemistry of their 

 growth and the question of fertilization have been dealt with. 



