122 VEGETATION OF LORD HOWE ISLAND, 



" Exogenous timber is plentiful, of any required size; the leaves- 

 of tables 4 feet by 5 and upwards have been cut in single pieces 

 from banyan roots, as well as those from another species of hard- 

 wood which is very common." 



These extracts show how excellent an observer Dr. Macdonald 

 was. His report was submitted by Capt. Denham, of H.M.S. 

 "Herald," on 23rd August, 1853, and the letter of Macgillivray 

 (Naturalist of the " Herald ") published in Hooker's Journal of 

 Botany, vi., 353, was dated 3rd March, 1854. Macdonald's 

 account of Loi^d Howe is much ampler than that of Macgillivray. 



Macdonald's observations on the zoology of the island are, I 

 should imagine, valuable, and his geological observations scarcely 

 less so, but they of course do not come within the scope of a 

 botanical paper. The report is certainly rare; I have only seen 

 one copy, and this partly is my excuse for publishing these lengthy 

 extracts. 



7. — Corrie, Alfred T. A Visit to Lord Howe Island. Froc. 

 B.G.S. Vol. xxii., 136 (1878). 



This article contains but scant reference to botanical matters. 



8. — Etheridge, R., Junr. Note on the Bibliography of Lord 

 Howe Island. Froc. Linn. Soc. KS. W. [2] iv. 627 (1889). 

 Mr. Etheridge draws attention to No. 6, and lays special 

 stress upon Dr. Macdonald's paper. He further discusses 

 some geological points. I had forgotten Mr. Etheridge's 

 paper when I wrote my own, and Mr. W. S. Dun ver}^ 

 kindly drew^ my attention to it. 



9. — Moore, C, and Betche, E. Handbook of the Flora of New 

 South Wales. List of Lord Howe and Norfolk Island 

 Plants, Appendix i. (page 518). 



Following is a list, complete as far as I know it, of those who 

 have preceded me in collecting botanical specimens on the island : 



Macgillivray, J., 1853; Macdonald, J. D., 1853; Milne, W., 

 1853; H.M.S. "Herald." 



Moore, C, 1869; Carron, W. W., 1869, 1871; Duif, J., 1882; 

 King, E., 1869 to date; Sydney Botanic Gardens. 



