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THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST December, 1952 
assist in fostering a love for, and 
protect our native flora and fauna. 
Whilst a large band of members 
worked ceaselessly from 8.30 a.m. 
on Thursday until 10.30 p.m. on 
Saturday, the Section would like to 
acknowledge the assistance given 
by many outside organisations, 
institutions and individuals. T.A.A, 
again carried free of charge a large 
number of our interstate exhibits 
while all sections of the press and 
radio co-operated in bringing the 
Show to the notice of the public. 
The S.A. Museum displayed a most 
interesting exhibit showing the 
comparison in size between the leg 
bones of a Blue Wren, Emu 
the largest flightless Australian 
bird, the extinct New Zealand Moa. 
The Geology Department of the 
University of Adelaide showed an 
excellent exhibit of fossil plant re- 
mains whilst the Botanic Garden 
exhibited various epiphytal Or- 
chids, Myrrnecodia , Cephalotus 
and Macrozamia. 
As his sister (Miss Ashby) was 
in Western Australia on another 
collecting trip, Mr. K. Ashby 
kindly supplied a magnificent col- 
lection of cultivated wild flowers 
which, together with the spectacu- 
lar display from Miss Burdett’s 
garden, comprised the general ex- 
hibit “Australian plants which can 
be cultivated in the Adelaide 
Hills/' 
The Zinc Corporation (Broken 
Hill) again forwarded a beautiful 
collection of Eucalyptus species 
(their form of E. torquata must 
be one of the finest available), as 
well as Callistemon, Acacias , Gei- 
jera and others. This collection, 
together with other selected species, 
formed the exhibit “Australian 
plants for the drier districts.” A 
further exhibit, “Australian plants 
to grow in Adelaide” comprised a 
selection of species, flowers of 
which had been obtained princi- 
pally from Adelaide grown plants. 
This included Melaleuca radii la, 
M. pubescens , Callistemon phoeni- 
cus , C. rugulosa , Chorizema cor da- 
ta, Pittosporum undulatum, 
Banksia ericifolia , Brachysema 
lanceolate, Prostanthera rotundi- 
folia rosea , etc. 
Mr. V. F. McDougall (Nyabing 
W.A.) forwarded a first-class collec- 
tion of flower from the Albany dis- 
trict, including V erticordia species, 
and members and the public alike 
were delighted to know that seed 
could be obtained from this source. 
Messrs. Hammett and Savage (Mel- 
bourne), Singleton (Sydney), 
D’Alton (Hall’s Gap Progress 
Association) all forwarded excel- 
lent collections of cultivated wild 
flowers. Sydney and Brisbane Bot- 
anic Gardens kindly sent most 
interesting collections. Our inter- 
state member, Mr. F. Swan, was 
able to forward some Tasmanian 
wild flowers whi'e the Barrier 
Field Naturalists (Broken Hill) 
sent a large and varied collection 
of most interesting species, as did 
Mr. van Senden (Alice Springs). 
The large number of consign- 
ments of Sturt’s Desert Pea glad- 
dened the eye of the Show Com- 
mittee. These consignments came, 
principally, from Radium Hill 
and Broken Hill and were used 
to great advantage. Considerable 
interest centred around an ex- 
hibit forwarded by Mr. K. Dunn, 
Me ’rose, of flowers from plants of 
the only South Australian occur- 
rence of Eriostemon obovalis, the 
“Fairy or Bendigo wax flower.” 
Owing to the enterprise of Miss 
Waite over £6 was collected to 
assist fencing this most interesting 
plant. Messrs. D. Kelly and And- 
rews sent over large collections of 
