THE 
Australian yaturaltst. 
| Vou. III. JANUARY 6, 1914. Parr 1. 
NOTH—Members having any matter of interest suitable for- publication 
in these pages are requested to communicate with the Hditor. 
ORDINARY MEETINGS. 
7th October, 1913. Mr. A. G. Hamilton (president) in 
the chair. : The following were eiected members :—Misses 
Clark, T. Hughson, McMahon, A. Richardson, L. Wallace, 
and Winn; Dr. J. R. Dixon, Dr. B. Luidgay Middleton, Mr. 
R. Clisdell, Masters C. Carne, H. Carne, G. Kopsch, K. 
Kopsch, and V. Windeyer. 
A lecture on ‘‘Natural History Notes in New Hebrides,”’ 
illustrated with lantern slides, was delivered by Mr. W. W. 
Froggatt, F.L.S. 
The following specimens were exhibited:—Mr. A. A. 
Hamilton, harbarium specimens of Scaevola sauveolens, Acacia 
trinervata, Pterostylus parviflora, Adiantum diaphanum, 
Grevillea laurifolia, Lissantha sapida, illustrating range 
adaptation, etc., also a series typical of the flora of Helens- 
burgh. 
Notes on botanical subjects were read by Misses F. Sulman 
and C. le Plaistrier. 
4th November, 1913. Mr. A. G. Hamilton (president) 
‘in the chair, and about 65 members and visitors were present. 
The President reported that Mr. Hugh Dixon, J.P., of 
“‘Abergeldie,’’? Summer Hill, had kindly presented the Society 
with a fine new electric lantern, and it was resolved that a let- 
ter of thanks for his generous gift b> forwarded to Mr. Dixon. 
A popular lantern lecture, ‘The Grand Canon of Colorado 
and its lessons,’’ was delivered by Mr. E. C. Andrews, B.A. 
The specimens exhibited were:—Mr. A. A. Hamilton, a 
series of plants, with notes on taxonomy, xerophily, and dis- 
tribution, also on behalf of Mz. E. H. Zeck, a leaf of a cul- 
tivated geranium showing marginal cohesion. Mr. H. Cheel, 
fruit of ‘“Baobab”’ or ‘‘Monkey Bread’’ (Adansonia), which 
in Africa is used for water-bottles and floats. The pulpy 
endocarp has an agreeable acidity, and is eaten e ther raw or 
boiled with sugar. The Australian A. Gregori has fruits very 
similar to the African species (A. digitata). Rose leaves badly 
infested with rose-rust (Phragmidium subcorticum). Some 
peculiar little pitchers (ascidia) developed on Dischidia sp. 
found entwined amongst some epiphitic orchids sent from the 
Solomon Islands to the Botanic Gardens by Mr. D. W. Shiress. 
