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of Sir William Macleay, he was elected to the Council. From 

 1902-08, when ill-health necessitated his retirement, he was 

 fourth Hon. Treasurer; and at the Adjourned Annual General 

 Meeting, on April 29th_, 1908, it was resolved that a record of 

 the Society's appreciation of Mr. Garland's valuable services 

 should be entered in the Minutes. He was present at the 

 Meeting of Council on November 14th, 1914, apparently in his 

 usual health; and the news of his decease was received with 

 deep regret. Mr. Garland was a most helpful member of the 

 Council, and worthily maintained the reputation of the Society's 

 Honorary Treasurers. Beneath a modest and quiet demeanour, 

 there was hidden a rich fund of knowledge and experience, a 

 very kind heart, and a desire and a readiness to help the Society 

 and forward its interests in every way that Mr. Garland could. 

 He was very much interested in Natural History, and paid 

 considerable attention to the plants of the Wagga district. 

 One of his favourite localities for botanising was the Hanging 

 Rock, a rocky eminence near the Rock Station, on the Southern 

 Line between Wagga and Albury. On this hill, which may be 

 regarded as a botanical and geological outlier, there was to be 

 found a very remarkable assemblage of coastal as well as western 

 species of plants, different from those of the surrounding level 

 country. The most interesting of the latter, which Mr. Garland 

 was instrumental in bringing to the notice of botanistS; were 

 Ricinocarpus Boivma^ii F.v.M. (recorded in the Flora Austra- 

 liensis, from the Lower Macquarie River, and from the desert 

 north of the Arbuthnot Range; and from Queensland), and Gre- 

 villeafloribunda R.Br., (recorded in the Fl. Aust. from theGoul- 

 burn and Hunter Rivers; ravines near Mount Owen and Mount 

 Clift; and also from Victoria; and b}^ Mr. Clunies Ross from the 

 Bathurst District). Mr. Garland found the former also near 

 Adelong; and he exhibited specimens from this locality at a 

 Meeting of the Society on August 30th, 1893. The latter, 

 together Avitli G. parviflora (recorded from New South Wales, 

 only from the coast), Mr. Garland found also at Mimosa, between 

 Wagga and Temora; and he presented specimens of these to the 

 Society's herbarium. 



