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 60 RECORDS OF AUSTRALIAN BOTANISTS—

(a) GENERAL, (b) NEW SOUTH WALES.

By ,

Government Botanist and Director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

I have used the term "Australian botanist" in a somewhat wide sense, having included collectors of note whether they described their finds or not, notable horticulturists, and botanists who have described Australian plants whether they visited this land or not. I have included no living man, so far as I am aware. Some notes on South Australian botanists will be found in (5), and I am taking steps to publish my notes on the botanists of other Australian States in their respective States. It will be seen how imperfect is the record of some who have worked amongst us and who have not been removed by the hand of death very long. Records of departed botanists form a branch of Australian history of practical value to working botanists. They afford a guide to their published works and indicate where their observations were made.

The list of species named after the various botanists and collectors are valuable (as I have often found) for tracing important botanical details, particulars of journeys, biographical notes and other useful information. My assistant, Miss A. M. Jenner, has obtained these by searching the seven volumes of the Flora Australiensis, from beginning to end.

In the 'Sydney Morning Herald' of 7th July, 1906, was a leading article advocating a National Portrait Gallery,