Xov., 1908.] THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 101 



RECORDS OF VICTORIAN BOTANISTS. 



By J. H. Maiden, Government Botanist and Director of the 



Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 



(Communicated by Prof. A. J. Ewart, D.Sc.) 



{Read he/ore the Field NaturalisW Club of Victoria, \Wi Oct., 1908.) 



In the following records I have used the term "botanist" in a 

 somewhat wide sense, having included collectors of note whether 

 they described their finds or not, notable horticulturists, and, in 

 my general list (5) botanists who have described Australian plants 

 whether they visited this land or not. I have included no living 

 man so far as I am aware. Some notes on South Australian 

 botanists will be found in 4, of New South Wales ones in 5, and 

 I am taking steps to publish my notes on the botanists of other 

 Australian States in their respective States. It will be seen how 

 imperfect is the record of some who have worked amongst us and 

 who have not been very long removed by the hand of death. 



Records of departed botanists form a branch of Australian 

 history of practical value to working botanists. They afford a 

 guide to their published works and indicate where their observa- 

 tions were made. The lists of species named after the various 

 botanists and collectors are valuable (so I have often found) for 

 tracing particulars of botanical journeys, biographical notes, and 

 other useful information. 



Select Bibliooraphy Quoted. 



1. Bailey, F. M. "A Concise History of Australian Botany" 



(Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, viii.) 



2. Hooker, J. D. " Introductory Essay to the Flora of Tas- 



mania," cxii.-cxxviii. ("Outlines of the Progress of 

 Botanical Discovery in Australia.") 



4. Maiden, J. H. Address of the President. Section D, Biology, 



Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 Adelaide Meeting, 1907. Contains biographical notices 

 of South Australian and some other botanists. 



5. Maiden, J. H. " Records of Australian Botanists — (a) 



General, {b) New South Wales" (Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., 

 xlii., 1908). 



6. Britten and Boulger. " British and Irish Botanists." 



7. Mennell, Philip. " The Dictionary of Australian Biography 



from the Inauguration of Responsible Govern- 

 ment down to the Present Time (1855-1892)." London, 

 1892. 



8. Barnard, F. G. A. " Some Early Botanical Explorations in 



Victoria" (with map of Mueller's explorations in Victoria, 

 1852-5), {Vict. Nat,, xxi., 17). 



