XX. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



appreciation of the Society for his long, faithful, and excel- 

 lent service, be recorded in the minutes. 



Letters were read from Miss L. Webb, Mr. W. A. Turner, 

 and Mrs. J. W. Judd, in which the writers thanked the 

 Society for sympathy in their bereavements. 



The Government Statistician of Western Australia wrote 

 drawing attention to the approaching Tercentenary of the 

 first landing in Australia (Western) by the Dutch on 25th 

 October, 1616, and asking that the event might be recog- 

 nised in some way. It was decided to bring the matter 

 under the notice of the Press. 



One hundred and twenty-one parts, fifteen volumes, 

 twelve reports and one calendar were laid upon the table. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPER WAS READ: 



"On the Essential Oil from the bark of Eucalyptus Mac- 

 arthuri," by H. G. Smith, f.c.s. 



Remarks were made by Mr. Meggitt, Dr. Chapman, Mr. 

 Olle, Dr. Greig-Smith, Mr. Oheel, and Mr. Darnell- 

 Smith. 



exhibits : 



1. Mr. E. Oheel exhibited some ripe nuts of Hicksbeachia 

 pinnatifolia F.v.M., from Murwillumbah near the Queens- 

 land border. The kernels are of a fine flavour and seem 

 equal to the "Popple Nut," or so-called "Queensland Nut " 

 (Macadamia temifolia). As the putamen or shell is not 

 so thick and hard as that of the "Popple Nut," it is con- 

 sidered well worth cultivating. 



2. Mr. G. P. Darnell-Smith exhibited eight specimens 

 of the destructive root parasite Armillaria rnellea, namely: 



i. Sporophores of the fungus in various stages of development, 

 ii. Roots of a peach tree showing the fungal hyphse forming a 

 network in the region of the cambium, iii. Roots of a nectarine 

 tree showing the rhizomorphs ramifying over the surface, iv. Bole 

 of an aged apple tree showing the manner in which the rhizomorphs 



