Oct., 192J 
2 7 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
BOTANY. 
Interstate Exhibits . — From Mr. J. H. Maiden, Director 
of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, a collection of wild dowers 
from the Hawkesbury sandstone. From Mr. J. F. Bailey, 
Director of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, a collection of 
wild flowers gathered by members of the Field Naturalists’ 
section of the Royal Society of South Australia. From Miss 
Margaret A. Campbell, Piccabeen, N.S.W., a collection of 
Northern New South Wales species, including the large 
ground orchid, Phaius grandifolius. By Mrs. Cribb, 
specimens of waratah ( Telopea ) and Sprengelia from the 
Sydney district. By Mrs. \Fordham, a bowl of the West 
Australian everlasting f Helipterum Manglesii) . 
Queensland Exhibits . — By Miss H. Geissmann and Mr. 
Colin Geissmann, a very comprehensive collection of wild 
dowers of Tambourine Mountain. Especially noteworthy 
in this collection were some daintily arranged vases of the 
ground orchids, Gastrodia sesamoides and Diuris sulphurea , 
the scented or dowering rush ( Xerotes longi folia ) , butter- 
cups {Ranunculus lappaceus), &c. By Mr. H. D. Curtis, a 
large collection of plants from the Albert River and Redland 
Bay districts, including specimens of native dowering trees, 
as Pentaceras australis , Banksia int eg ri folia (white honey- 
suckle), Aegiceras majus (river mangrove), &c. By Mr. 
Fagan, specimens from Stradbroke Island, including 
Boro nia pinnata and the two large ground orchids Phaius 
grandifolius and Phaius Bernaym. By Mr. and Mrs. II. W. 
McPherson, specimens from Bribie Island, including 
Boronia falcifolia , Conospermum taxi folium, and two species 
of Phaius. By Miss Murphy, specimens from Redcliffe and 
Tugun. By Mr. Win. Stewart, specimens from Roma. By 
Mrs. Doyle, Miss F. Bage, and Miss H. D. Clark, specimens 
from Mount Gravatt and Sunnybank. 
Special thanks are due to the following members, who 
gave considerable time in the afternoon and evening to 
arranging and selling dowers : — Mesdames Smith, Higgins, 
and Curtis, Misses II. D. Clark, E. N. Parker, H. Geissmann, 
N. Baird, and L. Wilkie, Messrs. G. H. Barker, J. C. Smith, 
H. D. Curtis, and W. D. Francis. 
