aoe. 
44 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
It is just here that the second advantage of our So- 
ciety comes. It brings workers in all branches of Na- 
tural History together. It is scarcely needful to say what 
an advantage this is. 
There is no lack of subjects to work on, such as the 
life history of insects, the habits of Australian earthworms, 
the pollination of our native plants, the external adapta- 
tions of plants to dryness or moisture, or excess of salt 
in soil, the climbing of native plants, the sundews, the 
spiders and their habits, etc. 
I am afraid I have detained you too long, but my 
excuse is that I feel strongly on this matter. I do not 
see much good in being a Field Naturalist unless you are 
a Field Naturalist. 
In conclusion, I may express a hope that the com- 
ing year of the Society will exceed even the past year 
in prosperity; and also congratulate the Society on its in- 
coming President, who is a shining example of what a 
Field Naturalist ought to be. 
BOTANICAL NOTES. 
AUGUST, 1914. 
By Miss F. Sulman. 
Acacia discolor, or ‘‘Sunshine Wattle.’’ The flowers 
show considerable variation in colour. (1) Usually golden 
yellow at Lawson and other places. (2) Very pale cream, 
with very large flower balls, at Glenbrook, between Main 
Western Road and old railway line. (8) Cream and sal- 
mon-pink, petals and lower ends of filaments distinctly 
pink, near lagoon at Glenbrook. 
The lagoon at Glenbrook is absolutely surrounded by 
Wattles, A. rubida, A. longifolia, A. discolor, A. suaveolens, 
A. juniperina, A. myrtifolia. There also occur :—Boronia 
_ledifolia, Hovea linearis, Pimelea linifolia, Stylidium 
gramimfolium. Lissanthe strigosa, deep rose pink, be- 
tween Blaxland and Valley Heights. Lysinema pungens 
has particularly pink buds this season. Hpacris micro- 
phylla also has pink buds. 
NOTES ON OAT RUST. 
By E. Cheel. 
The specimens of ‘‘Wild Oats’? and ‘‘Cultivated 
Oats’’ are very badly infested with a ‘‘rust,’’ or the 
uredo-stage of a parasitic fungus known as Puccinia lolir 
avena, 
