The Victorian Naturalist 



VoL 73— No. 6 OCTOBER 4, 1956 No. S74 



PROCEEDINGS 



There was a gtotoS attendance ai the General Meeting ol the 

 Club ar the National Herbarium on September 10. Greeting's were 

 received from Mi\ T. K N. Lothian, Director of the Adelaide 

 Botanic Garden. 



The Secretary stated that he had received a tetter from the. 

 executors 01 the late Mr. F. Cudmore indicating that he had !cU 

 £100 to the CJul>. 



It was mentioned thai the Club has not at present a representative 

 who could attend meetings of the Natural Resources Conservation 

 League, and any member who could do so was asked to get in 

 touch with the President or Secretary . 



Mt\, Strong offered to make available his room at Parliament 

 House for meetings of the Marine Hiology and Entomology Groups, 

 and members interested were asked to get in touch with him after 

 the General Meeting. Miss J. Hope MaePhcrson was elected as 

 a Metropolitan Member of the Club. 



Miss C. Carberry t-xbibiced a series of slicks illustrating native 

 flora, mostly from her own garden in Hawthorn and that qf 

 Mr. Swansea at Frankston, hut included some wild specimens A 

 I'oiiimcntary was given by the President, 



The President explained that the short -lecturettes at meetings 

 were intended for members doing research, to let others know 

 what was being* done so that -field -work, etc , could be ro ordinated. 

 lie appealed to members who could give such talks- to communicate 

 with Kirn. 



Mr. Wilbs mentioned the recent dea ! .h of an honorary member, 

 Kew H. M R. Kupp; audit was resolved that a letter of sympathy 

 be sent to his family. 



Exhibits induded garden -^rown native plants, particularly a 

 number of Acacia and Creinllea species, shown h\ Miss Macne. 

 and Messrs. Jennison Fisch and Brooks. Mr. Gabriel exhibited 

 snme marine shells from southern Tasmania [Peclea novaa-^ekmuiat' 

 Reeve, Bquichfomys brfroiu Lam. and Mwiach/ct-mys usperrhmis 

 Lam ) ; ami Miss E. Raff showed some hyacinths, grown in bottles 

 of plum water, and having very good root systems, 



The meeting closed at' 9.45 p.m. for the usual conversazione*. 



TH£ SECRETARY'S COLUMN 



Nutionnl Museum Lecture' On October £6 at 8.15 p.m. Mr P. Croafcic 

 Motfiion will lecture in 0V National Museum on "Why our Animals arc 



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