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spring of 1808. I have a specimen collected by him as late as 

 5th February, 1810. 



3. — Some Botanical Matters of Local Interest. 



The starting of the International Scientific Catalogue in 

 London last year will, as time rolls on, be of increasing interest 

 to us in Australia. The Royal Societ}^ of New South Wales has 

 undertaken the functions of a Regional Bureau, and a large 

 number of slips have already been sent to London. As regards 

 botanical matters, nearl}' the whole of the slips sent were of 

 papers contributed to the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



The establishment of a new series of the Botanisches Central- 

 blatt as the official organ of the International Association of 

 Botanists became an accomplished fact at the new year, and a 

 valuable and improved record or precis of work in all branches 

 of botany is available to votaries of the science. 



An important outcome of the International Congress of Botany 

 held at the Paris Exhibition in 1900, and which I had the honour 

 of attending, has been the appointment of an International Com- 

 mission for the purpose of preparing resolutions and papers with 

 a view to the unification of the principles regulating botanical 

 nomenclature. I have been appointed a member of this Commis- 

 sion, and will in due course inform members of this Society of the 

 steps that are proposed to be taken with the view to the settle- 

 ment of this vexed question. The second meeting of the Congress 

 will take place in Vienna in 1905. 



During my term of office Mr. James Britten, of the Department 

 of Botany of the British Museum, has placed us under great obli- 

 gation by the publication of Part ii. of the " Illustrations of the 

 Botany of Captain Cook's Voyage round the world on H.M.S. 

 Endeavour in 1768-71." The plates are Nos. 101-243, and the 

 originals were drawn under the direction of Banks and Solander. 

 Apart from the special Australian value of this classic, the work 

 is of interest to botanists everywhere, in that it depicts a number 

 of plants not hitherto illustrated. Personally I wish that Mr. 

 Britten could have adopted a different nomenclature in many 



