president's address. 



land, 1,222 genera, 4,259 species with 437 varieties; naturalised 

 species, 307. Cryptogams, 818 genera, 3,606 species with 283 

 varieties. From this it will be seen, that the species of Phanei'o- 

 gams alone outnumber the species of Vasculares given in the 

 Baron's table by more than 500 — a very substantial increase. 



In his Presidential Address to the Royal Society of Queens- 

 land in July, 1891, entitled "Concise History of Australian 

 Botany," Mr. Bailey gave an account of his early travels in search 

 of Queensland plants, as well as of the collectors, who, from time 

 to time, sent him material. He also makes some interesting 

 references to his father, John Bailey, Colonial Botanist of South 

 Australia, from whom he inherited his botanical tastes; and he 

 explains how it was that, from the comparative poverty of the 

 native flora of the Adelaide district, his father's energy naturally 

 found more scope in horticulture than in botany, though he did 

 not altogether neglect the native plants. 



The "Handbook of Ferns," Mr. Bailey's earliest jjublication, 

 was published in 1874. His last effort was the latest of the 

 series entitled "Contributions to the Flora of Queensland," con- 

 tained in Part 4 of Vol. iii., N.S. of the Queensland Agricultural 

 Journal for April, 1915; so that his published work covers a 

 period of more than forty years; but this embodies the results of 

 fifty-four years' experience under conditions that were slowly 

 altering. He enlisted the co-operation of specialists in some of 

 the groups of Cryptogams, so that he was able to catalogue and 

 furnish descriptions, and in many cases illustrations, of all the 

 known Queensland plants, in an accessible fox-m convenient for 

 reference. By unwavering zeal, and unflagging industry, he 

 completed the task he set himself, and he did it well. His 

 memory deserves to be held in kindly remembrance, not only in 

 Queensland, but by all who are interested in the progress of 

 Australian botany. We have heard with satisfaction, that Mr. 

 J. F. Bailey, who for a long time assisted his father, has been 

 appointed to succeed him. 



The decease of Mr. J. R. Garland, in February, 1915, some 

 time after the arrangements for the elections to fill vacancies in 



