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Open free from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Supplies living specimens 
for the Botany Department of the University. 
BRISBANE 
BRISBANE BOTANIC GARDEN 
Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 
Established: 1855. Area: 48 acres. 
Directors (Curators): 
1. Walter Hill (1855-1881) 
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. 
Note: In 1925 the Government transferred the Dee Gardens 
and Staff to the Brisbane City Council, and made that corpora- 
tion solely responsible for the financial st pport, but kept the 
Botanic Museum and the Herbarium in their pee eae the 
direction (March, 1937) of Mr. C. T. White. Liby ; (At the 
Museum) 5000 volumes, plus pamphlets not indexed. cap erbarium: 
000 specimens. Museum: Open free, daily, 9-5 (Saturday, 
9-12), except Sundays and ce holidays. Living material for 
study is supplied chiefly to University of Queensland and Phar- 
macy 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. 
MELBOURNE 
MELBOURNE BoTANIC GARDENS 
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia 
Established: 1846. Area: 100 acres. 
1846 fide reply to our questionnaire. Some publications give 
1842. 
Directors (Curators): 
1. John Arthur (1846-1849) 
2. John Dallachy (1849-1851) 
