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The Queensland Naturalist Sept., 1936. 
business of the meeting was an interesting lantern lecture 
on “ Giants of the Past” by Mr. H. A. Longman, Director 
of the Queensland Museum. 
Reference was made to the destruction of the largest 
plant in the Macrozamia Denis oni grove on Tambourine 
Mountain, and it was hoped that a notice would be 
erected indicating that the area was a reserve specifically 
for the preservation of these wonderful plants. 
EVENING MEETING, 20th APRIL, 1936.— The 
Chair was occupied by the President, Mr. J. E. Young, 
and forty-two members were present. Mesdames Davies, 
Ringrose and Stoker and Messrs. Salkeld, Wetherell and 
Love were elected to membership of the Club. Reports 
on the excursions to the Upper Albert River were given 
by Ur. W. H. Bryan and Dr. E. 0. Marks (Geology)., and 
Mr. G. H. Barker (Ornithology). In commenting" on the 
report on the birds, Mr. Herbert Curtis stated that poss- 
ibly shortage of food supply might cause large flocks to 
be driven into a new and more suitable locality. For 
instance, last winter had been a hard one, and satin birds 
had been more numerous on Tambourine Mountain than 
usual. An interesting lecture dealing in a general way 
with the excursion was given bv Miss H. Clarke. 
Exhibits included: (a) lantern slides by the Presi- 
dent from photographs taken at the camp, including those 
of a large beech tree (Nothofagus) , a Grass Tree (Xanth- 
orrhaea) forest, a Hoop Pine ( Araucaria Cunningliamii) 
21 feet in girth, Red Cedar tree ( Cedrela ) 45 feet in cir- 
cumference, (b) specimen of coal from the Upper Albert 
River by Dr. E. 0. Marks, (c) specimen of a brush-tailed 
marsupial rat from Tambourine Mountain by Mrs. Herbert 
Curtis, (d) shells from the Upper Albert River by Miss 
James, (e) stone tomahawk found near the Upper Albert 
River camp site by Mr. J. E. Young, and (f ) photographs 
of the camp by Messrs. G. R. Rowley and J. Nebe. 
EVENING MEETING, 18tli MAY, 1936:— Dr. D. A. 
Herbert (Vice-President) occupied the Chair, and about 
60 members were present. The principal business of the 
meeting was an address by Professor Francis E. Lloyd, 
Emeritus Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada! 
The lecturer, who is the world’s leading authority on car- 
nivorous plants showed a series of slides and moving pic- 
tures of insectivorous plants from all parts of the world. 
Professor Lloyd is an accomplished lecturer, photo- 
grapher, and artist, and some of the slides were beauti- 
fully and richly coloured. 
