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* The plan has been to as far as possible plant in similar sur- 
roundings and position to that from which the plant is taken, 
the smaller the plant the better. It is surprising how small an 
amount of attention these plants need; when planting, the soil 
is loosened and watered. A most successful instance has been 
that of the Native Fuchsia, which I think is rather a hard sub- 
ject. It is remarkable how long a small cutting of Christmas 
Bush will keep green when planted, and yet it is eventually 
found not to have rooted, it is rather a difficult plant to deal 
with. 
A very successful case of transplantation is that of the Flan- 
nel Flower, which we grew in a pot for the purpose of exhibit- 
ing at a small exhibition of Native Flora. Seedlings of the 
above are fairly easy to transplant, and yet seeds are more 
successful if sown broadeast. The broad-leafed Geebung is 
another, which is easy to grow from seedlings, and | may sug- 
gest that either this or the Pigeon Berry shrubs would make a 
unique hedge. Everlasting Flowers multiply rapidly, and 
grow from seed abundantly. I may add that in some cases 
plants have died after a time, in a stretch of dry weather owing 
to difficulty of watering. I hope we shall continue experiment- 
ing. 
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FOSSIL TRILOBITES FROM PORTLAND. 
By Miss Heatuer R. DrumMonp. 
Some years ago a great many trilobites, belonging chiefly to 
the species Hausmannia meridianis, were found in a band of 
clay shale in the Portland cement quarry. The limestone here 
is some hundreds of feet in thickness, and traversed all through 
by beds of shale and clay containing a great deal of lime. 
The shale, containing the fossils was quarried and crushed for 
the manufacture of cement! 
Some of the imprints, however, were gathered, and. a speci- 
men sent to Sydney. The authorities here sent for some speci- 
mens, but by the time their collector arrived there most of the 
shale in that bed had been crushed. 
The public school teacher at Portland is now in possession of 
a few specimens, one exceedingly perfect, which is about an 
_ inch and a-half through. 
The specimen shown has a fairly perfect rence and the eyes 
