A SKETCH OP THE VEGETATION 



OP THE 



SWAN RIVER COLONY. 



The frequent arrival of seeds from this Colony, the 

 excellent state in which they are received, and the facility 

 with which further supplies can be procured, appear to 

 render some Botanical account of this remarkable country 

 a desirable appendage to a work which, like the Botanical 

 Register, forms an original record of new plants introduced, 

 or worthy of introduction, to our Gardens. A publication 

 of the more remarkable or beautiful species will tend to pre- 

 vent double names, which would otherwise be likely to find 

 their way into collections, in consequence of species being 

 named by different Botanists independently of each other; 

 and this is in itself an object, the attainment of which is of 

 considerable importance. Moreover the purchasers of plants 

 will often be able, by a reference to this sketch, to ascertain, 

 by the names under which Swan River plants are offered for 

 sale, whether particular species are worth possession, either 

 for the sake of their beauty or singularity. 



The only systematical account of the Swan River Flora 

 which has yet appeared is Baron Hugel's Enumeration,* but 

 as nothing has been printed of that valuable work, beyond a 

 single number, published in 1837, it is to be feared that we 

 are not likely to see a continuation of it. There are how- 

 ever several scattered notices of Swan River plants by Dr. 

 Endlicher,f one of the principal contributors to the Enu- 

 meration, and occasional descriptions have appeared in the 



* Emaneratio plantarum quas in N. Hollandice ora aifstro-occidentali 

 ad fiuvium Cygnorum et in shiu Reyio Georgii coUegit Carolus Liber Baro 

 de Hiigel. Vindob. 1837. 8vo. pp. 83. 



t Novanim stirpium decades, editce a Museo Ccesareo Pcdatino Vindoho- 

 nensi. Ni. 1-4. Mail, 1839. 8vo. 



Stirpium Australasicarum herbarii Hugeliani Decades ires. Vindob. 

 Dec. 1838. 4to. 



