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Australian Naturalists O.luh; several members signified Ibtii wfli- 

 ingriess to help with this Club's exhibit at the kaluraiiiu show ; and 

 Mr. Wilson agreed to represent the F.N CV :U the Kiata <hnw 

 Mi-. Swab> reported that a very successful working bee had been 

 held on August 4 at the Sir Colin MacKeuzic Sanctuary at Hcalcs- 

 ville ami that another was arranged for September 2. 



A letter of thanks was scut to Mr iVtiddlelou rnr his wotfc in 

 repairing the Club's hi t crop hone, free ot charge, anil Mr. H. 

 Dickens was thanked fe* his gift to the Club library of his book* 

 on Orchids and Australian Wftdflowtrt. 



The meeting adjourned at L0.4S u ni 



EXHIBITS AT f.N.C.V. MUTING* 

 -My; 



Maiinc shctU of die genus Ncotrirjonui — JV. maryaritucea-oi Victoria and 

 Tasmania; N 'jcnima, ;V. Itwutrcki and .V. tfrQVWh o* New South Wales . 

 nud 'V untopUma 61 WeMt4H Australia »C J (EaftbnCs)'- 

 Rhiuoceros hide wa'king slick (T. H, Sarovich ) , 

 Popple Nut* from Grafton, New South Wales (Miss L. Young), 



August: 



South Australian plants — Kochia. tfcortjei and ffttfBpltfnMI siijmtan.i from 

 Flinders R'ao^c, aad Eucalyptus, kntst'tuia ami £ f0'9$j<fof('fu%«j2 hum Port 

 Au^utta (A. R- R. Higyinson of Port Au^u^id, per A, J Swaby), These ore 

 r.irely seen in Victoria, and the Sttwhtsma. with its many .shades of colour. 

 *hnuld make a good garden plant. 



Mat ine ilielts— AnciUd xelcsiotw from off Tweed Heads, New South Wales ; 

 Thatchcria miralnfis from Japan (C. J. Gabriel). 



MICROSCOPICAL GROUP 



At the meeting of August 15, Mr. fc. Snell spoke oti the subject of "l'hin 

 Opaque Mounting of Dry Objects* 1 He then invited Dr. K, M. Wishart to 

 contribute SOttie remark's on the same topic, At the conclusion of this, the 

 speakers replied to several questions put to them by those present, ami the 

 Oronp Lende*, VIr D. MrTnTic-S thanked Them for their efforts. 



Exhibits included Foraminifera from Kicfojttf Point anrl from the Crml 

 Barrier Keet (shown by Messrs. \V. Black and H. Barrett respectively "1 ' aurt 

 Dr. Wishart showed the head and pcdipalps of a jumping spider and a number 

 of other specimens, specially mounted for the occasion. Mr. Mclmas had 

 several exhibits ; these included scales from wings of butterflies, grams uf 

 chalk and scales from a Diamond Beetle. Mr. NV. Jlvans exhibited tl>e 

 frs&ruvater diatom ffl&fof&rt-i Master John Walsh showed eftgrs of the borne* 

 fty ; ami Mr. SneJl showed the bead q{ u small centipede, polyzoa on *eawe.ed. 

 and pollen ol tfibixnts in situ. 



On September 19, Mr. A. Pushy will speak on "Amateur Microscopy 

 Today' \ 



STORAGC SPACE NEEDED 



The F.VC.V. urgently needs sonic additional storage space for *bow 

 equipment and for its stocks of the Victorian N'aH^retiUt, the aggregate oi 

 which would occupy most of a garage or small room, Would any meinour 

 who knows of any such space which may be available, either free or for h re. 

 please communicate w;th the Hditor (P.O. Box 2). Noble Park. Phone 

 UJ 844(1) 



