THE society's heritage from the macleays. 587 



Macartbur. — No. G, not dated, thirteen species (tive undetermined), "From China, 

 Mr. Jones." Below the last entry appears the date, 1835, followed by a list of 

 twelve additional species from the same source. — No. 7, twelve varieties of Dahlia. 

 "From Mr. J. B. Richards. London, 27th April, 1836."— No. 8, seven species , in- 

 eludiuy three of Passiflora, and five varieties of Chrysanthemum sinense from 

 Messre. Loddige, Feb. 7, 1827 [? 1837]. — No. 9, thirteen species from Mr. W. 

 Macarthur, March, 1837. This is of interest because it shows that, at this early 

 period, the horticulturists were trying to cultivate native plants in their gardens, 

 three of the plants in the list being Bauera rubioides, Eriostemon sp.. and Boronia 

 sp. — No. 10. eight species "From Valparaiso, Mr. [Allan] Cunninghame. March, 

 1838." — No. 11, nineteen species from Camden and Brownlow Hill, August, 1837, 

 — No. 12, forty-seven species of "Bulbs from Captain Farquand Campbell, from 

 Cape of Good Hope, March, 1838," and three species of Pelargonium. — No. 13, 

 nineteen species from Mr. W. Macarthur, May, 1838. — No. 14, not dated, is a 

 single entry of Huon Pine from Capt. Drinkwater Bethune, H.M.S. Conway. — 

 No. 15, also a single entry of Amaryllis, from Miss Macarthur, 27tli August, 

 1838. — No. 16 is very interesting. "From Capt. [Charles] Sturt, December, 1838, 

 a large collection of Bulbs collected on his late journey in South Australia." — No. 

 17 is a list of "Plants brought by W. S. Maeleay, per Royal George, March, 

 1839," which may have been supplied by Loddige. These comprise forty-six 

 species, beginning with five species of Magnolia, and ending with Verbena Melin- 

 dris. A number of "Cape of Good Hope Bulbs" (particulars not given), as well 

 as an assortment of seeds, were also brought from the Cape by W. S. Maeleay. 

 At a later date, some of the entries had a Hne drawn across them, and the word 

 "Dead" written opposite to them. — No. 18, two species from Mr. W. Macarthur, 

 April, 1839. — Nos. 19-21, apparently received in the same month, merely record 

 collections received, without particulars, from Mr. Cloete, Baron Ludwig, and 

 Mr. Gordon. — No. 22, sixteen species received from Dr. Wallich, of Calcutta, 

 May. 1839. All the foregoing records are in the handwriting of Alexander 

 Maeleay. The continuation of the records was written by W. S. Maeleay. — No. 

 23, forty-five species from Mr. Wm. Macarthur, August, 1840. — No. 24, seventy- 

 two species from Dr. WaUich, Calcutta. October, 1840. — No. 25, thirty-eight 

 species, including Maeleay a cordata R.Br., from Loddige, January, 1840. — No. 

 26, and last, seventy-two species "from Mr. Backhouse, 1843." Mr. Maiden, in 

 his biographical notice of William Carron. says that — "His daughter informs me 

 that he arrived in Sydney in 1843. in charge of plants for one of the Macleays." 

 [Joum. Proe. R. Soe. N.S. Wales, xlii., p. 95.] The collection from Mr. Back- 

 house would, therefore, be the one he took charge of. A number of blank pages 

 follow the last entry. Then comes a long list (9 J pages) of "Desiderata of 

 Plants," in Alexander MaeleaVs wi'iting. At a later date, some of tlie plants 

 were obtained. The names of these are crossed out, and the dates of receipt, and 

 sometimes the initials of the senders, are written in the margin. This is followed 

 by a table of the "Subgenera of Dendrohium" in W. S. MaeleaVs writing. Then, 

 after more blank pages, at the end, is a list of "Epiphytal Orchids." forty-two 

 species, in W . S . Macleay's writing. 



The entries in the Seed-book are by years, and numbered throughout. They 

 are in the handwriting of a lady, presumably one of A. Macleay's daughters, or 

 in his own, or in that of W. S. Maeleay. For the years 1836-43 (both inclusive) 

 the number of separate entries of seeds is 886, 347, 502, 498, 317. 101. 39, 186; 



