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2. James Pink (1881-1886) 
3. A. M. Cowan (1886-1889) 
4, Phillip McMahon (1889-1905) 
5. J. F. Bailey (1905-1917) 
6. E. W. Bick (1917- ) 
Serves as a public park. Open free to the public daily from 
sunrise to sunset. Source of Income: Brisbane City Council. 
tion solely responsible for the financial support, but kept the 
Botanic Museum and the Herbarium in their control, under the 
direction (March, 1937) of Mr. C. T. White, Government Bot- 
anist, still (1938) in office. Library: (At the Museum) 5000 
volumes, plus pamphlets not indexed. Herbarium: 100,000 speci- 
mens. Museum: Open free, daily, 9-5 (Saturday, 9-12), except 
Sundays and public holidays. Living material for study is sup- 
plied chiefly to University of Queensland and Pharmacy College. 
Affiliation: The Garden is not affiliated with the University, but 
the University is adjacent to the Garden and the Technical Schools, 
and professors, lecturers, and students can obtain any specimens 
desired. (See Brisbane (2).) 
BRISBANE (2) 
SHERWOOD ARBORETUM 
Director: E. W. Bick (1938). Area: 34 acres. 
Located about nine miles from Brisbane, controlled by Brisbane 
Botanic Garden, under Brisbane City Council. A growing collec- 
tion of Australian trees, many of which have produced seed offered 
in exchange. See Brisbane (1). 
MELBOURNE 
Botanic GARDENS AND NaTIONAL HERBARIUM 
South Yarra, Melbourne SE. 1. Victoria 
Established: 1846. Area: 100 acres. 
1846 fide reply to our questionnaire. Some publications give 
1842, This is the date when “ Mr. Hoddle, Surveyor-General,” 
selected a site, which was never used. 
Directors (Curators): 
1. John Arthur (March 1, 1846-January, 1849) 
2. John Dallachy (1849-1857) 
