yS I'UliSiUKNTJAl. ADlJkESS — SECTION C. 



taxonomist of exi)erieiu"e and mature judgment. The expense 

 of maintaining such an officer should be borne out of the funds 

 contributed by the Government towards the Botanical Survey. 



AlicTiions Suggested. 



The survey which i have outlined covers a large field, 

 but 1 am convinced that we cannot afford to face the problem 

 with any less complete scheme. We mitst look at it not only in 

 its relation to other surveys of our natural resources, but espec- 

 ially in the relation of its several parts to each other and to 

 the whole. Unless we do this, our efforts will cease to be worthy 

 the name of a survey. 



It is essential that we bring to l)ear on our subject every 

 available trained man, and all the e(|uipment which the country 

 possesses. We must co-ordinate otir eff'orts. Let us see what 

 are our available resources in this respect. 



Men. — We have the Professors and their staffs at the Uni- 

 veirsity Colleges at Caj)etown, Stellenbosch, Wellington, Gra- 

 hamstown, Bloemfontein, Maritzburg, Pretoria and Johannes- 

 burg ; the Lecturers in Botany at the Government Schools of 

 Agriculture, and the Staff' oi the Division of Plant Pathology 

 and Botany of the Department of Agricultttre. There are also 

 a few independent workers. Dr. Marloth. Mr. T. R. Sim, Mr. 

 E. E. Galpin, Mr. Flanagan, Miss Pegler, Mr. Swynnerton, the 

 Ven. Archdeacon Rogers, Mr. F.yles, Mr. Frank Bolus, and the 

 writer. 



Herbaria. — We have several fairly good herbaria in South 

 Africa — e.g., the Bolus Herbaritim at the S.x\. College, Cape- 

 town; the Herbaria of the South African Museum, Capetown, 

 and the Albany Museum, Grahamstown ; the Natal Government 

 Herbarium, Durban ; the Transvaal Museum Herbarium, Pre- 

 toria ; and the Herbarium of the Department of Agriculture. 

 Pretoria, including the recently acc|uired Galpin Herbaritim ; a 

 herbarium has also been started by Professor Moss at the S.A. 

 School of Mines and Technology, Johannesburg. 



Libraries. — Good botanical libraries are essential to the 

 prosecution of botanical research. Reference libraries exist in 

 connection with the Bolus Herbarium, the Albany Museum, and 

 the Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, and smaller libraries 

 in connection with the other herbaria, and it is hoped that Johan- 

 nesburg will shortly be added to this list. Dr. Schonland has an 

 excellent private library at Grahamstown, containing many 

 volumes formerly belonging to the late Professor MacOwan. 

 Owing to the cost and scarcity of botanical works, an effort 

 should he made to develop one thoroughly good Central Botanical 

 Library ; the others might well be content with good working 

 collections, provided arrangements were made for the loan of 

 books and magazines from this Central Library, for stated 

 periods. Arrangements should be made for the Central Library 



