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APPENDICES, 
FIELD NATURALISTS’ SECTION 
OF THE 
Nopal Society of South Australia. 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 
COMMITTEE. 
BEING FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1900. 
vening Meetings.—Nine evening meetings have besu 
held of of which the following is a list: — 
Oct. a Fertilization of Flowers,’ Mr. S. Smeaton, 
Nov. 21—Reports of Excursion to Port Victor. Various 
mbers 
1900. 
March eng Sy Ror of Science Congress held at Melbourne 
n January, 19 Messrs. M. S. Clark and 
s. Smeaton, B.A. 
April 24—Results of Easter Encampment of Boys Field 
Club, Port Noarlunga. r. E. Ashby 
May 15—“How Plants Live and Grow,” Mr. J. a. oO. 
T 
epper 
June 19— “Seeds and their Distribution,” Mr. S. Smeaton, 
July 17—“The Structure of Shell Fish," Mr. R. J. M. Clucas, 
Aug. 21— "The m of Plants,” Miss E. F. Haycraft, 
B. 
Sept. 18—Annual Meting Chairman’s Address, “Australian 
Birds,” Mr. E. Ashby. 
The ge i ghee meetings has been well sustained, 
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. 
