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of these caves being preserved as a national possession. 
Mrs. Estelle Thomson exhibited a collection of wattles 
largely from the Granite Belt, also a collection of paint- 
ings of Queensland wild flowers. 
SPECIAL MEETING, Tuesday, 27th May, 1930.— 
A most interesting lecture on “Australian Orchids’ ’ was 
delivered by Mr. E. E. Pescott (Melbourne). The president 
(Mr. C. T. White) occupied the chair, and about 60 
members and visitors were present. With the aid of 
lantern slides, many of them beautifully coloured, the 
lecturer dealt with the various genera of Australian 
orchids. lie mentioned that twenty-years ago only 84 
species of orchids were listed for Victoria, but largely 
through the efforts of a band of enthusiastic students 
and collectors the number had been brought up to 150, 
and no doubt more remained to be found. 
SPECIAL MEETING, Monday, 9th June, 1930.— 
The president (Mr. C. T. White) occupied the chair, 
and about 50 members were present. Mr. A. G. Hamilton 
(Sydney) delivered a lecture on the “Cross-Pollination 
and Fertilisation of Flowers.” The lecturer, who is well 
known for his own researches in this respect on the Aus- 
tralian flora, illustrated his remarks by a series of lantern 
slides, many of them coloured. The effects of the various 
agencies — air, wind, water, insects, and birds — in bring- 
ing about cross-pollination were clearly indicated. 
EVENING MEETING, Monday, 16th June, 1930.— 
The president (Mr. C. T. White) occupied the chair, 
and about 20 members were present. Mrs. Giles and 
Misses M. Temperley, I. Larsen, I. V. Rolfe, and E. M. 
Walsh were elected members of the Club. As the Club’s 
representative at the meeting of the Australasian Associ- 
ation for the Advancement of Science held at Brisbane 
during May, Dr. F. W. Whitehouse read a brief report 
on llie work of the Congress. Reports on the excursion 
to Goodna and Woogaroo Scrub were given by Messrs. 
J. E. Young (general), J. O’N. Brenan (birds), and C. T. 
White (botany). Mr. L. Franzen exhibited some interest- 
ing neuropterous insects and a beautiful hawk-moth. Mr. 
R. L. Higgins exhibited a native axe lately found at 
Tugun, S.E. Queensland. Mr. Higgins also mentioned 
having seen bee-eaters (Merops ornatus) eating honey- 
bees at Bulimba (Brisbane). Mr. C. T. White exhibited a 
fruit of Parinarium laurinum — a Solomon Islands tree — 
picked up on the beach at Jumpin-pin, Moreton Bay, by 
Mr. D. Curtis. Mr. White also exhibited an underground 
fungus (Mylitta australis?) from Toowoomba, a species 
