Mar. 31, 1908. The Queensland Naturalist. 
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both so noble, are the intluences that will make for the 
success of our Field N aturaUsts' Club, as an instrument for 
good. I would fain express a hope then, that it v,ould be 
your endeavour to realise this truth. I would ask, too, and 
to this end, that as the Club has chosen poetry for its 
motto, so also it will accept the Bee, so dear to the poets' 
from great Solomon onwards, for its emblem ; this Bee in 
our case being no exotic insect, but the Australian social 
honey-gathering Bee (Trigona) — “ Native Bee ” if you will, 
that being unendowed with a sting is— whilst potent for 
good— powerless for evil ; taking Horace for our guide : — 
“ Ego apis matinee more modoque ” as he sings — (in my 
manner and method of work I am as the Bee of my native 
country) — so too am I a follower of Linnseus, who was so 
also. The appropriateness of this emblem suffers not from the 
consideration that — to quote Linneeus once more — 
“ respublica alvearii gjmecocratica est.” {8yst. Nat., p. 576, 
APPENDIX. 
Linn^xjs’ Writings Chronologically Arranged. 
[Withdrawn]. 
At his death he had published thirty -two larger special 
works (some of them in several complete revised editions), 
187 academic dissertations, 63 treatises for learned societies, 
17 programmes, together with no insignificant number of 
lesser articles, besides what he left in manuscript (Fries.) 
January 1st, 1908. HENRY TRYON. 
SESSION 1908. 
Office Bearers. 
The election of office-bearers for 1908 resulted as 
follows: President, Mr. John Shirley, B.Sc.; Vice-p 7 'esident, 
Mr. W. R. Colledge ; Committee, Miss A. Hardgrove, Miss 
D, Sutton, Messrs. G. Gross, R. Illidge, J. Johnston, H. 
Tryon, and J, Wedd ; Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. C. 
W. Holland ; Hon. Excursion Secretary, (unallotted). 
