THE TASMANIAN NATURALIST. 
Excursion to ^Botanic gardens. 
On Saturday, lltli May, members paid 
a visit to the Botanie Gardens, to gain 
information as to the many useful and 
ornamental trees from foreign parts 
which are growing there. 
They were met at the gates by Mr. 
Wardman, and as it was late in the sea¬ 
son for deciduous trees, attention was 
directed chiefly to the eoniferae. The 
party went along the top path above the 
poml, where there are well-grown speci¬ 
mens of trees on either side. In this 
part also were the cedars and cypresses, 
and as the party proceeded, several 
species of evergreen oaks from North 
.-imcriea, and also the cork oak, were 
seen. 
Owing to the interest now being taken 
in forestry, interesting discussions were 
held as to the best trees for this purpose, 
and as Mr. Wardman is well up in this 
subject, he gave much information, illus¬ 
trating his remarks from the trees around 
him. 
Seeds of many kinds were taken by 
several members of the party to experi¬ 
ment with. 
Excursion to South ^Bridgewater. 
On Saturday, 18tli May, Dr. Xoetling 
led an excursion to examine the lime¬ 
stone quarries at South Bridgewater. The 
quarries are aoout one mile from the 
railway station, and in excavating lime¬ 
stone for burning in the kiln the rock 
nas been cut away to a depth of about 
dOft., and a line bed of fossils exposed, 
'me formation is of slightly inclined 
alternating beds of limestone and shale, 
in which there are many fossils, including 
Spirifer, Pro ductus, and Beetowt, though 
the majority had been pressed out of 
shape during the formation of the rock. 
There were many kinds of corals of ex¬ 
tinct forms, and crystalline carbonate of 
lime was found to be common. 
A little way from tae scene where 
members were most busy a striking ex¬ 
ample of an anticline was observed. This 
is an upward turn of the beds of rock 
caused by immense pressure from below, 
and is rarely seen. 
The hardness of the limestone, and 
consequent, breaking of many fossils in 
trying to extract them, was at times 
cause of disappointment, but those at¬ 
tending were well satisfied with the suc¬ 
cess of the outing. 
I 'Printing Jund. 
The subscription to the club (5s. for 
adult and 2s. 6d. for junior members) is 
so low that f it will not cover all our ex¬ 
penses, and for many reasons it is de¬ 
sire. not to increase the same. Contri- 
nbtions are therefore invited to a print¬ 
ing fund. The following members have 
already contributed to the fund: — Dr. G. 
Smith, Mr. Bodway, Mr. A. L. Butler, 
Mr. K. Maxwell, Miss D. Kermode, Mr. 
„. W. Tarleton. 
ffotes on the Jlmorpholithes of the 
Wasmanian Aborigines. 
By FRITZ NOKTLINO, M.A., Ph.D., etc. 
No. I* ^ 6 e Native Quarry on Goal near Melton Mowbray. 
It is of the greatest interest to as¬ 
certain where the aborigines of Tas¬ 
mania procured the raw material for 
their erutla implements. There -is no 
doubt, as is conclusively proved by nu¬ 
merous specimens, that the rolled pebbles 
of the diluvial boulder beds contributed 
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a considerable share, but it is also 
equally certain that the aborigines knew 
numerous places where a suitable mate¬ 
rial could be Xopnd in situ. As far as 
I know the first “native quarry,” as 
these places were called, was discovered 
by Jas. B. Walker on the boundary line 
