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THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST 
June, 1953 
early Eocene period and which was 
the ancestor of the horse. Its re- 
mains have been found in the clav's 
of England. This creature devel- 
oped into a larger and more power- 
ful animal, but still kept quietly 
to type until the Miocene period, 
when it disappeared. During this 
period there was intense volcanic 
upheaval and vast alteration to the 
earth surface. 
When the fossil remains of this 
creature are found again in a later 
period it had commenced to de- 
velop into diverse types. 
The Professor traced these types 
to those many types extant today. 
The whole lecture was excel- 
lently illustrated with colour films 
and the audience showed great 
appreciation at its conclusion. 
Another Fulbright Scholar, Pro- 
fessor H. Creighton of the Univer- 
sity of Massachusetts, U.S.A., has 
come to Australia to do research 
work at the Waite Research Insti- 
tute, where she is studying Plant 
Genetics. She addressed a com- 
bined meeting of the Royal Society 
and the Field Naturalists’ Section, 
held in the Public Library Lecture 
Room on the evening of 25th 
March. She chose as her subject 
“The Plants and Trees of America” 
and illustrated her address with 
coloured slides. Specimens were 
chosen from not only those areas 
favoured by a heavy rainfall, but 
from the less favoured desert por- 
tions of the Continent, but all were 
striking in their beauty. The vivid- 
ness of the trees in their autumn 
tints were very striking. 
The latter part of the programme 
was devoted to the Wildflowers of 
Western Australia. Dr. Creighton 
was most impressed with the 
beauties of the native flora and 
showed a number of slides from 
the large collection she had made 
for lecturing purposes in America. 
Those present showed their ap- 
preciation at the end of the meet- 
ing. — A.C.M. 
70th ANNIVERSARY OF 
THE SECTION 
In 1883 the Section was estab- 
lished. In the next issue of the 
S.A. Naturalist it is proposed to 
record the happenings (some at 
least) of the “good old days.” The 
Committee w T ould welcome con- 
tributions from any member who 
has any notes or anecdotes con- 
cerning the history of the Section, 
and so ensure that this issue will 
be a successful one. 
KANGAROO ISLAND 
FLORA AND FAUNA CLUB 
The following is the list of office 
bearers of the above mentioned 
Club. 
Chairman : Dr. A. W. Burnell. 
Secretary-Treasurer : Mr. K. Mc- 
Kenzie. 
Committee : Mrs. G. Jackson, 
Messrs. K. Keane, A. F. C. 
Lashmar. 
A warm welcome to the Club is 
extended to any member of the 
Section who visits K.I. 
LIBRARY 
The Librarian wishes it to be 
known that the library is open in 
the evening when the General 
Monthly Meeting is held, from 
7.15 p.m. until 7.50 p.m. It cannot 
remain open longer otherwise it 
will interfere with the conduct of 
the General Meeting. 
