I ho I'tcsident, Mi. Kav WOldDi 

 in opening 1 1 10 iiKvinig. spoke Ol WC 

 pay soar's activities, which included. 

 A mosl MICCCSSWl scrcenrng Oj 

 Photo l'lora at I'lih.nn Youlli Mall, 

 fiom which our Club gained $45. 

 | his was ibC 0Wt time Photo FtoTfl 

 had l.oon shown in (ho mono 

 polilan area, north of the Yarra. 

 Sew, a! well attended field excur- 

 Sens, anil a naturo oxhihit staged 

 by our .Illinois, as pail of lho 

 FNCV Willi lafe Show m I he 

 Melbourne Town Hall. 

 I he President thanked Ihe OfPCBffi, 

 ami eveiyone who hail helped dur- 

 ing the year, and paid tribute (o the 

 various speakers at monthly meet 

 ings. 



Attendance ligure-x at ihesc meet- 

 ings averaged 75, ,,nd the junior 

 members maintained a j'.ooil showing 

 of exhibits. 



I he Club has a hank balance n\ 

 * IH7.00 



Mi. Wilton was re-elected fajjjg 

 dent. 



l-7rrWVt-.nW«ii— Mr I* McMahi,,, 

 Stu n \ — Mis. .1. Cookson. 

 Minute .Vrtrt'furV -Mrs. D. O'At- 

 ton. 



Inttsurei- Mrs. f>. Howard. 

 Cominiltvc— Mr. K. DcGrouohv 

 Mr-. VVoodhiirn, Mrs McMahoii 

 l.ibiatitin— Mrs. 1 North 

 ihe lunior GDTflrnTtM6! 

 t'nu<hm l.aune Cookson; with 



A.uhcw miasm, m& ftdto 



dor. Matjraict Howard, Julio Cone 

 son. 



lho speaker lot the evening IRQ 

 Ml W Davis, who showed I WO excel- 

 lent bird films to augment his la- 

 lore. 



M rs. J ( (h)knon Hon Si c ri t ,\m 



Botany <;rt»«l|i 



H Aprii, iv? I 

 Mi. Fred Woodman spoke on his 

 second visit to South Africa and first 

 lo Kenya. He was privileged to stay 

 with the warden of Tsavo National 

 Park, and was thus able 10 photograph 



elephant*, rhinoceros, hippopotamus. 



lions, cheetahs, ?chras, buffaloes, anlc- 

 lopes of many species, arid a variety 

 of smaller game at much closer quarters 

 than is possible 10 the usual tiiunsl 

 The botanical sellings weie mostly 

 arid-looking, and one isotidci's St the 

 ability of such vegetation to sustain H 

 vital pan oi die food chain that sup- 

 ports such a remarkable fauna. In the 

 Mount Kenya area the lain forest and 

 sUh-alpine regions produced a much 

 richer flora, and Slide* included shots of 

 famous species like «iant lobelias, tree 



heaths wM tcc eroumtwl Species oi 



Hast African //' % lit v\um and Ae«CW 

 wetc a reminder of Australia, while in 

 South Africa several Australian acacia 

 species have become noxious weeds and 

 arc known there as "MUD cancers". In 

 Sooth Africa the rich Care Peninsula 

 flora and the Kirsienbosch Botanic 



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Gardens wetc featured, with close up 

 ol many species of magnificent Hruiai 

 (jinni euphorbias, aloes and kniphof.;.- 

 were others ihul made sinking impact 



The chaiiman (Mr. K Klemccket 

 thanked the speaker, who was cordiallt 

 acclaimed by members Rooks and 

 pamphlets on the African tloras were un 

 exhibit. 



I he speaker at [he next meeting, on 



1 1 May, will He Nb Brace ruhrer. whe 



Mill lake V.uori.in orchids » his sun 

 ject. 



I.i M,iy. )!>71 

 Theic were M members present, in 

 eluding Vliss Annie Cooper a membct 

 of tfu- Tasmatuan Faold Naturalises 

 (tub iHoh.irtl Mrs. Matches reported 

 on the s-xctirxion to Hlaskhurn Lake, 

 her species list of milive plants still 

 -.uivisme Ml this area surrounded hv 

 suburbia being quits a lengthy one. 

 many member- CMwi 04H numcTiuii 

 Bonesccd plant* (the South Alrictm 

 .'utiulcwceif Qftt, ('lir\.ui>tthe>ii<>hU'\ Nfffffl 



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