246 J. H. MAIDEN. 
James W. Waugh, at Vol. I, p. 105, but there is no indica- 
tion as to whether it was read before the Society. 
At the meeting of 7th July, 1857, we have papers :— 
1. ‘° Explanation . .. on native plants and the Pastoral, 
Agricultural and Horticultural Resources of Australia,’’ 
by T. W. Shepherd. 
2. ““On the advantages of changing seeds,’’ by Robert. 
Meston. (Both Vol. 1, p. 26). 
The First Report of the Australian Horticultural and 
Agricultural Society (Supplement to Vol. 1) is valuable. 
The First Annual General Meeting was held in the Halk 
of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, on 22nd July, 1857, 
His Excellency Sir William Denison in the chair. 
The Rules and By-laws are given, an account of the 
Horticultural Improvement Society of New South Wales,. 
of the Australasian Botanic and Horticultural Society, 
Lists of Members, etc. 
Of the meeting of 4th August, 1857, we have the Trans- 
actions at p. 48, also :— 
1. Letter from Mr. EK. W. Rudder to the President, p. 50, 
re Cynodon dactylon (Doob Grass of the Hindoos). He 
stated that the grass was introduced into Sydney from 
India in the year 1834. He also states that Poa annua, 
‘Suffolk Grass,’’ was introduced accidentally by him in 
1843. (Both grasses were collected in Sydney by Robert. 
Brown, 1802-4. See ‘“‘Journ. Bot., xLiv, 234.—J.H.M.) 
2. ‘Native Plants and the Pastoral, Agricultural and 
Horticultural Resources of Australia,’’ No. 1, by T. W. 
Shepherd. See p. 51 (at p. 49 of the Minutes a paper of 
similar title is called ‘‘No. 6 of a series on this subject.’’) 
3. ‘‘Analysis of the Soil, deposited by the River Hunter 
during the late floods, June 1857,’’ by Theodore West, p. 50. 
