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Melbourne, was elected as a member of the Society. Donations to the 
library were received from Mr. Robert Thomson, Mr. J. B. Walker, of 
Hobart, the Secretary of the Geographical Society, and Mr. R. T. Litton, 
as well as two copies of the Australasian Scientific Magazine. For these 
votes of thanks were accorded to the donors. After some discussion 
relative to the Bibliographical Society of Australasia, Mr. Larnach moved 
— “That the members of the Bibliographical Society be invited to 
amalgamate with the Historical Society,” and the motion was carried. It 
was also decided that the ordinary Quarterly Meeting of the Society be 
held early in November, when some interesting papers will be read. 
The Horticultural Society of Victoria. 
The Horticultural Society of Victoria held its monthly meeting in the 
Eastern Arcade, Bourke Street, on Wednesday, the 2nd of September. 
There were present — The Vice-President, Mr. Hutchinson, in the chair ; and 
Messrs. Bell, Carson, Harbison, Milton, Stewart, Stoddart, Wilkinson, 
Ardagh, Bailey, Boyce, Cole, Coghlan, Murdoch, Roberts, Taylor, and 
Woodmason. 
Among the correspondence was a letter from the Secretary for Lands, dated 
August 29th, and stating that the permanent reservation of 28 acres 3 roods 
5 perches of land in the parish of Jika Jika, city of Richmond, as a site for 
gardens, is duly notified in the Government Gazette of August 21st. 
Mr. F. G. Moule was elected to fill a vacancy in the committee ; and 
Mr. G. Brunning having resigned the office of vice-president, through 
pressure of business, Mr. J . F. Roberts was elected in his stead. 
Payments amounting to ,£50 15s. nd. having been passed, the meeting 
closed. 
At the evening meeting, at which Mr. Ardagh was in the chair, Mr. 
Neilson, curator of the Society’s gardens, tabled thirty varieties of Apples, 
of which Winter Strawberry, Wagener, Brownlees’ Russet, Ben Davis, 
Willowtwig, and Leaver were among the best ; twelve kinds of Pears, in- 
cluding Doyenne d’Alengon, Bergamot, Hertrich, 1 ,’lnconnuc ; and also 
a nice collection of cut flowers, comprising forty-eight varieties, amongst 
which were sixteen varieties of Camellias. 
The National Agricultural Society of Victoria. 
The ordinary meeting of the council of the National Agricultural Society 
of Victoria was held on Tuesday, the 8th of September, at the office, Kirk’s 
Bazaar. There were present : — Dr. Plummer (in the chair), Mr. Buchanan, 
M.L.C., Mr. Gibb, M.L.A., and Mr. C. Young, M.L.A., and Messrs. J. 
Finlay, D. R. M ‘Gregor, F. Henty, J. Hearne, W. Thomson, J. M. Peck, 
J. Garton, F. S. Roberts, S. Gardiner, D. Munro, D. Mitchell, J. Currie, 
J. G. Brisbane, J. Smith, T. Learmonth, T. Brunton, C. Synott, W. J. Lobb, 
and H. Lennon. 
