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exchange, than would fill five such conservatories as that now building 

 nt Melbourne. I should also suggest, that as most of the species are 

 handsome, and many beautiful growing trees, half an acre or so of 

 ground be appropriated for a seed-bed, by which a large number of 

 young plants might be raised, ready to transplant into the projected 

 shrubberies round the Government House, and to distribute among 



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such private individuals as may wish to possess some few examples of 

 these aborigines of the vegetable world. 



"To establish these discoveries upon the most solid basis, I have 

 given up nearly a month of my engagement with the Tasmanian Go- 

 vernment; for, without having laboured, I may say truly, both day and 



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night for the last three months, I could not have brought the matter 

 to such an unquestionable issue. Without taking too much credit to 

 myself, I feel satisfied that these discoveries will be regarded with as 

 much surprise and almost incredulity amongst the botanists of Europe, 

 as vras that of gold in Australia among the geologists of Britain. Of 

 all those named in the list I possess elaborate descriptions, partly 

 written with the trees before me, and finished before the cones had 

 opened, and thus lost their specific characters. As there exists no sci- 

 entific society or other medium for publishing an essay on these trees 

 in Melbourne, I think the Royal Tasmanian Society (of which I am an 

 honorary member) will gladly do so in their own transactions. 



" I have the honour to be, etc., 



(Signed) William Swainson, F.E-S, 



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This singular production is followed by "A Schedule of the Bota- 

 nical Collections made by Mr. Swainson, for the Victoria Government, 

 and delivered to the Curator of the Botanic Garden, Melbourne," and 

 is no less worthy to be recorded than the above Eeport. 



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EUCALYFTID^. 



I. Dried specimens of the Sprigs, in separate papers, the differciit genera 



family. 



amount 



arranged 



1st Series. Marked with single numbers, and to which the 



drawings refer, in all , . , . . , .68 

 2nd Series. Alphabetically numbered from A 1 to A 12 . 297 



3rd Series. The number enclosed in a circle, thus (I) , . 160 

 4lh Series. Species growing on the Government domain, the 



