THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 
RECORD 
VoL. IV - July 1915 No. 3 
RARE CYCADS FROM AUSTRALIA 
Through the courtesy of Mr. R. Simmons, Curator of the 
Botanic Gardens, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, the 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden was able, in March, 1914, to arrange 
for an expedition from the Rockhampton Gardens to collect 
native cycads for our collections. On March 12, 1914, instruc- 
tions were forwarded to Mr. Simmons to collect as follows: 
3 Cycas media, male, 3 Macrozamia Moorei, male, 
3 Cycas media, female, 3 Macrozamia Moorei, female, 
3 Macrozamia spiralis, male, 5 Bowenia serrulata, male, 
3 Macrozamia spiralis, female, 5 Bowenia serrulata, female. 
On receipt of the order the expedition was organized. 
The cycads were collected on the ranges from six to ten miles 
from Rockhampton, the Bowenia at Byfield, 65 miles north from 
Rockhampton (with no railway connection), and the Macro- 
zamias at Springsure, 206 miles west from Rockhampton, to 
which place trains run twice a week. 
The collected plants, occupying seven large packing cases, as 
shown in figures 9 and 10, were shipped via London, on Wed- 
nesday, July 29, 1914, by S. S. Argyllshire. In addition to the 
plants ordered, Mr. Simmons courteously added 24 Bowemia 
serrulata, two extra Macrozamia Moorei, and one extra Macro- 
samia “ spiralis.” 
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