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pie, thrush, wattle bird, the purple-crowned iorrikeet, the red- 
backed parrot, the rosella, the Regent honeyeater, and the golden- 
winged honeyeater. The members were sorry to observe the en- 
croachment of the St. John's Wort, a most destructive weed, whicli 
sems to be practically uncontrolled. Unless prompt measures arc 
taken to eradicate this pest the identification of plants in the park 
may soon be a simple matter, as no other plant will be able to live 
there but St. John's Wort. 
EXCURSION TO WATERFALL GULLY, 19tli JULY.— 
A visit was paid to Waterfall Gully Reserve under the leadership 
of Mr. J. A. Hogan, the overseer, for the purpose of making 
a census of the native and immigrant plant life there. It was 
rather early in the season for an abundance of plants in bloom, 
however about 20 species were in flower and 40 others recorded. 
Mr. Hogan has been at work for many months recording the 
plants in the reserve, and his list now includes native and alien 
species. In the lower part of the reserve there are very few 
trees, Eticalyptus viminalis, the manna gum was noticed in the 
creek, where also was the woolly teatree, Leptosperrnum lani- 
gerum, a plant invariably found in creeks in the hills on quart- 
zite formation. Higher up the reserve the scrub 
or cabbage gum, Eucalyptus cosviophylla, • endemic 
in our State, is met with as a stunted, crooked small tree 
12 to 20 ft. in height. The large persistent fruits were much in 
evidence, and a number of trees were in bloom. Another tree 
was the white stringybark, Eucalyptus obliqua, growing in the 
deeper soil, while the drooping sheoak, Casuarina stricta^ and the 
scrub oak, 6. distyla, were found on the exposed rocky positions 
along the gully cliffs. Undershrubs of the ploughshare wattle, 
Acacia vomerifc^rmis, were in full bloom and a number of plants 
of the silky guinea flower, Hibbertia sericea, were in flower in- 
dicating a dry winter. ^ 
VISIT TO MR. R. C. SMITH’S, AT MODBURY, JULY 26, 
IVM.— ihrough the kind invitation of Mr. R. C. Smith, a large 
party visited Modbury, on Saturday, July 26, 1924, and were hos- 
pitably entertained by Mr. and Airs. Smith. After viewing the 
collections of Air. Smith the party were driven to a 
^ ^ interesting patch of scrub, representing one of the last sur- 
vrving ponions of the foothill foresf A littfe gully was gay vtkh 
wild hoDs werT af’ lavmdulacea, Senecio odoratus and 
sivi> vi ^ flower. Tpe members enjoyed the e.xten- 
terous.Yetrn-^^^ AflUhough the afternoon proved very bois- 
a vote of thank^fo th ^ ^ was served and 
outing. ^ ended a most enjoyable 
