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be greatly enhanced if there were added to it reprints of some of his 

 papers in obscure or rare serials; at present they are lost to most of 

 us." 



Botanical workers on this shore of the Pacific would heartily 

 welcome such a publication. It appeals to one as being the most 

 appropriate memorial of the Baron which could be erected ; and at 

 tiie same time the most useful, a feature winch would have appealed 

 to him whom it is proposed to commemorate. We do not doubt 

 that many of his correspondents would gladly subscribe to a memo- 

 rial fund for this purpose, and trust that some of the learned socie- 

 ties of Victoria may take the matter in hand. 



Since the above was written we are in receipt of a circular concern- 

 ing the "Baron von Mueller National Memorial Fund," which relates 

 that at "a public meeting held in the Town Hall of Melbourne on 

 November 15, 1897, at which the Mayor of Melbourne presided, a 

 committee was appointed to secure the establishment of some perma- 

 nent memorial to commemorate the great services rendered by the 

 late Baron von Mueller. . . . Not only did he spend his whole 

 life in the furtherance of the work in which, from the nature of his 

 position, he was most deeply interested, but he devoted practically 

 the whole of his income to the assistance of those who were engaged 

 in work the object of which was to increase our knowledge of the 

 nature and products of Australian lands. The object of this com- 

 mittee is to secure funds to allow of the sufficient establishment of 

 some permanent memorial which shall worthily perpetuate his 

 name; it is hoped that sufficient funds will be forthcoming to pro- 

 vide for the erection of some form of statue and the endowment of a 

 Medal, Prize, or Scholarship, to be associated with Baron Von 

 Mueller's name and to be awarded from time to time in recognition 

 of distinguished work in the special branches in which he was most 

 deeply interested, and which shall be open to workers throughout 

 the Australian colonies." Contributions to the fund may be sent to 

 C. R. Blackett, Esq., College of Pharmacy, Melbourne, Australia. 



