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 Rh and I wrote at length on the proposal, my letter being published in the issue of the 14th. This refers more specially to oil-paintings and meritorious works of art, but I would make a plea for the collection of portraits of any kind, no matter how crude, of Australian men of science. Are collections of portraits of medical men, engineers, chemists, zoologists, geologists, etc., in existence? We know that only very imperfect collections have been made. Our own Society has a number of photographs of its own members, and lithographs and engravings of others, the Botanic Gardens Museum is caring for those of botanists, and the Mitchell library for all kinds of portraits. But specific institutions or societies should make it their business to gather together the portraits of the men most interesting to them, and the sooner that organised effort takes place the better, since every day the links with the past become fewer. It only remains to be said that I shall be grateful for corrections or for suggestions for additions to the names of botanists.

Britten and Boulger—"British and Irish Botanists." Quoted as (1).

Bailey, F. M.—"A concise history of Australian botany," Proc. Roy. Soc, Queensland, viii. (2).

Hooker, J. D.—"Introductory Essay to the Flora of Tasmania." cxii—cxxviii. ("Outlines of the progress of Botanical discovery in Australia.") (3)

Maiden, J. H.—The Sydney Botanic Gardens. Biographical Notes concerning the officers in charge. Public Service Journal, Sydney, with Supplements, 1902-1903. (4)

Maiden, J. H.—Address of the President, Section D, Biology, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Adelaide Meeting, 1907. Contains biographical notices of South Australian and some other botanists (5).