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The Queensland Naturalist. 
March, 1935. 
WILDFLOWER SHOW AND NATURAL HISTORY 
EXHIBITION. 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st. 
The supply of flowers this year was excellent, though 
specimens were received from a lesser number of ex- 
hibitors. The quality of the flowers was good. Public 
patronage was poorer than for some years past and the 
financial return in consequence was lower. Specimens of 
wildflowers were forwarded from Rochdale (Mrs. A. 
Thomson), the Blunder (Mr. J. E. Young), Chermside 
Hills (Mr. G. H. Barker), Coolum (Mrs. Yabsley), 
Maroochydore (Mrs. B. A. Latimer), Tewantin (Miss H. 
Makepeace), Bribie Island (Mr. W. Shirley, Mr. R. and 
Miss E. Davis), Albert River (Mr. and Mrs. Densil Cur- 
tis), Southport (Miss M. Birt), Tugun (Mr. and Mrs. 
G. II. Barker), Tamborine Mountain (Mr. and Mrs. 
Herbert Curtis and Mr. M. Davidson), Springsure (Mrs. 
McLaughlin), Thulimbah (Mrs. Slaughter). Interstate 
exhibits included one from New South AVales sent by 
Messrs. Harris and Barnett on behalf of the New South 
Wales Naturalists Club ; Victoria, from Mr. J. AV. Audas, 
on behalf of the Field Naturalists 7 Club of Victoria; from 
South Australia, Miss R. Winter and Mrs. Page. Austra- 
lian plants in cultivation in Queensland were exhibited as 
follows : — 
Chamaelaacium (Airs. E. Thomson, Rochedale; Airs. 
K. Baird, Wellington Point; Airs. II. Curtis, Tamborine 
AIountaiTi ; Mrs. Gaydon, Childers ; and the Curator, 
Botanic Gardens, Brisbane. Boronia megastigma (Air. 
Davidson, Tamborine Mountain). Clianthus Dampieri , 
Sturt’s Desert Pea (Air. AV. Alatheson, South Brisbane). 
Chorizema (Mrs. G. A. Rowley). Aims pvecatorius in 
seed (Mr. F. 0. Nixon). Acacia spp. f a collection of 
AVattles from Sherwood Forest Park. Native Orchids, 
Crotalaria and Graptophyllum (Botanic Gardens, Bris- 
bane). Pittospomm undulatum (Air. J. II. Simmonds) . 
Natural history photographs were shown Mrs. H. Cur- 
tis (general), Mr. R. L. Pliggins (hand tinted flower 
photographs), and Air. J. Nebe (general photographs and 
stereoscopic views). Several paintings of native birds 
were shown by Air. N. Jack. The thanks of the Club were 
due to the Department of Agriculture and Stock, to the 
Queensland Museum and to the Queensland University 
for comprehensive natural history exhibits. A collection 
of Australian shells was shown by Air. J. H. Simmonds 
and specimens of Southern Queensland butterflies by Air. 
D. Curtis. A special exhibit of several different kinds 
of Boronia was arranged by Aliss James and Mrs. A. 
