The Australian Naturalist 
Vol. V. JANUARY 2, 1922. Part 1. 
NOTE.—Members having any matter of interest suitable for public 
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ORDINARY MEBTINGS. 
September’ 6th, 1921. Mr. A. A. Hamilton in the chair 
and 381 members present. The Hon. Secretary reported that 
the President, Miss A. Brewster was unable to be present 
owing to the sad loss of her brother. It was resolved that a 
letter conveying the sympathy of the members be sent to Miss 
Brewster. 
Messrs. Cotrell-Dormer and J. W. Marjason were elected 
members. 
A lecture on “Changing Plant Names” was delivered by 
Mr. E. Cheel. 
Archdeacon Haviland sent from Coonamble an abnormal 
flower of the Common Marigold (calendula officinalis) and a 
specimen of Verbena officinalis with slightly larger flowers 
than normal. Mr. D. G. Stead sent a live Pandanus grown 
from seed collected in 1920 at Trial Bay. Mr.. A. C. Duck- 
worth exhibited with notes a lizard (Pygopus lepidopus) and 
a snake (Denisonia signata) alive. Mr. L. Gallard interesting 
parasitic wasps and tape worms. Miss Sulman specimens of 
Acacia from Stanthorpe, Queensland. Mr. EH. Cheel “Kephir 
grains” used in the fermentation of milk. 
October 4th, 1921. The President, Miss A. Brewster in 
the chair. The Hon. Secretary read two letters from His Ex- 
eellency the Governor stating that he would be pleased to pre- 
side at the lecture by Mr. A. J. Campbell on “Wattle Time,” 
but that important business had intervened and precluded his 
being present. Misses Bamberger, Deighton, Black, West, 
Saunders and E. Sigal were elected members. Mr. A. J. Camp- 
bell, of Melbourne, delivered an illustrated lecture, “Wattle 
Time or ‘Yellow-Haired September,’” treating chiefly of the 
aesthetic and sentimental aspects of the wattle. 
Mr. E. Cheel exhibited a series of beautifully mounted, 
named specimens of 50 species of Acacia from the National 
Herbarium, and gave descriptive remarks on the characters of 
some of the more notable species mentioned by Mr. Campbell. 
