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clime, but the arbitrary admission of any of them would also 

 disturb an unimpaired view over the purely native flora." 

 Whilst, however, the Baron has designedly omitted this subject, 

 we may gather from the volumes of the Flora Australiensis, (in 

 which in conjunction with Mr. Bentham he has expressed his 

 views in reference to many plants of doubtful origin,) a list of 

 of the principal species unknown at Port Jackson in the early 

 days of the colony. No one is better qualified than the Baron 

 to form a correct opinion of the matter, or to give an approximate 

 estimate of the plants peculiar to the Australian Colonies, for his 

 personal researches in the field have extended over a considerable 

 portion of the continent for thirty-four years. I hope, therefore, 

 that when he has completed his survey of Victorian plants, he 

 will discuss in an elaborate manner the topics which I have been 

 briefly considering in these papers. 



Popular Nomenclature. 



By the Eev. Dr. Woolls, D.D., F.L.S. 



People sometimes make themselves merry with Botanical 

 names, and no doubt they have some reason for merriment, for, 

 as Professor Lindley remarks, "It is full time, indeed, that some 

 stop should be put to this torrent of savage sounds, when we 

 find such words as Calucechinus, Ovsigenesa, Finaustrina, Krasclien- 

 ninikovia, Gravenhorstia, Anclrzejofshja, &c, thrust into the records 

 of Botany." Now in order to remedy this evil, the popular idea 

 is to adopt short names in the vernacular, and to give up scientific 

 names altogether. This seems very feasible to persons who have 

 not considered the subject, for they forget that the popular names 

 of one district are not those of another, and that unsatisfactory 

 as some scientific names are, they are, nevertheless, necessary, 

 for the world at large. Whilst, therefore, care should be taken 

 to abbreviate and render euphonious the nomenclature of science, 



