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excursion to Enoggera Waterworks were given by Dr. E. 
0. Marks (geology), and Mr. G. H. Barker (ornithology). 
Mr. J. E. Young exhibited several specimens of native 
orchids grown in his garden. These included three speci- 
mens of Sarchochilus making a good show, namely, S. Fitz- 
geralcli, S. falcatus and S. Hartmanni. A very tine series 
of coloured lantern slides made from drawings of wild- 
flowers was shown by Mrs. Estelle Thomson. An interest- 
ing lecture on “Birds and Their Nests,’ ’ illustrated with 
lantern slides, was given by Mr. G. H. Barker. 
EVENING MEETING, NOVEMBER 18th. 1935.— 
The Chair was occupied by the President, Mr. G. H. 
Barker, and 38 members were present. The principal 
business of the evening was a lecture by Dr. W. H. Bryan 
(Queensland University) on volcanoes, a resume of which 
is printed in this issue. 
CANBERRA, THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL CITY 
AND ITS TREES. 
(By E. W. Bick, Curator, Botanical Gardens, Brisbane.) 
(Presidential Address delivered before the Queensland 
Naturalists’ Club. 18th February, 1936.) 
A visit to Canberra must impress all nature lovers, 
when they look around and see a large number of beau- 
tiful trees, all planted within a comparatively short space 
of time. The Commission in charge at the commence- 
ment of laying out of the Australian Capital City were 
fortunate in their choice of Superintendents, first Mr. 
Weston, who had charge for a number of years of the 
raising and planting of trees and carrying out the ground 
work of design, then his successor, Mr. A. E. Bruce, 
another enthusiastic horticulturist, who has had charge 
approximately eight years, and who has the history of 
most of the trees at his finger tips. In this he is assisted 
bv the splendid system of records kept. Parliament 
House buildings cover four acres of land, taking this as 
a centre, from the front the roads radiate in wheel fashion, 
with Parliament House as the hub, the main avenues are 
named after the State capital cities, and are intersected 
by cross roads or avenues. The area attached to Parlia- 
ment House is 168 acres, with about seven miles of foot- 
paths, apart from roads, and approximately 16,888 trees 
and shrubs have been planted in this section. I don’t 
propose to weary you with a long list of names of trees, 
but will briefly run through the principal kinds planted. 
Commencing with the Acacias, Acacia Baileyana, the 
Cootamundra Wattle, is the chief one grown, named in 
honour of Frederick Manson Bailey, for many years 
