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from native gardens. Some of these, e.g. Badila, are among 

 the most generally cultivated in Queensland at the present time. 

 A very comprehensive report by him on his collections was 

 unfortunately never printed. 



In 1897 (after Mueller's death) Sir William MacGregor 

 forw^arded to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, a collection 

 of plants from the higher parts of Mt. Scratchley. This was 

 followed up by a collection from the Vanaipa Valley and 

 Wharton Range, made by A. C. English. These two collections 

 were described in the " Kew Bulletin" for 1899, pp. 95-126. 

 Lists are also given in the Annual Report of British New- 

 Guinea for 1897-8. 



In 1898 F. M. Bailey, Colonial Botanist of Queensland, 

 accompanied His Excellency Lord Lamington (then Governor 

 of Queensland) and Sir Hugh M. Nelson on a tour of mspection 

 of British New Guinea. He gives a list of the plants observed 

 ui an appendix of a parliamentary paper, "" Report of Visit to 

 British New Guinea" (1898). The new species collected were 

 described in the '" Annual Report of British New Guinea" and 

 '' Queensland Agricultural Journal." 



From 1899-1903, during his years of office as Lieutenant- 

 Governor of the Territory, Sir G. R. Le Hunte forwarded a 

 number of specimens to F. M. Bailey for detsrmination. These 

 were described in the pages of the '" Queensland Agricultural 

 Journal " and as appendices to the '" Annual Reports of 

 British New Guinea." 



During 1904-7 Captain F. R. Barton, while holding the 

 post of Administrator, forwarded several lots of specimens to 

 F. M. Bailey for examination. These were described in the 

 " Queensland Agricultural Journal " and one collection in the 

 Proceedings of this Society (vol. xviii). 



In 1908 Gilbert Burnett, a Queensland district forest in- 

 spector, visited Papua for the purpose of reporting on the 

 timber resources of the territory. His report is embodied in the 

 ■' Timber Trees of the Territory of Papua," a 45-page booklet 

 issued by the Department of External Affairs, Melbourne. 

 Of the numerous timbers listed, with two or three exceptions, 

 only native Papuan names are given. A fine opportunity was 

 here lost of doing good botanical work. 



In 1908 Mrs. H. P. Schlencker, wife of one of the London 

 Missionary Society's officers, made collections about Boku. 



