PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 3 
through South Australia from 1848 to 1852. In 1852 he 
was appoimted Government Botanist to Victoria, and held 
the position until his death in 1896. He was occupied in 
botanical exploration from 1852 till 1855, especially in the 
Alpine regions, the vegetation of which was till then 
unknown; he also made extensive explorations in the 
northern parts of Australia, and accompanied the overland 
expedition conducted by Mr. A. C. Gregory, our retiring 
President. 
While Government Botanist and Director of the Melbourne 
Botanic Gardens from 1857 to 1873 he did much to intro- 
duce new and useful plants into Victoria and to distribute 
Australian plants to all parts of the world. He was a 
member or honorary member of very many (150) scientific 
societies, and received numerous Royal decorations and 
similar honours. His loss to Australia is a very great one, 
and the vacancy he has left amongst botanists here will be 
hard to fill; in his capacity for work and devotion to it 
he was one in millions. He was not less distinguished for 
his amiability and generosity, and was almost too ready to 
give from his very slender means to assist those in distress, 
and for the advancement of botanical science. 
The Government of Victoria provided a plot of ground 
for his last resting-place, and funds are being collected for 
the erection of amonument. It isalso proposed to establish 
some permanent memorial of the Baron, and the members 
of the Association will have an opportunity of subscribing 
towards that very desirable object. Itis hoped that sufficient 
funds will be collected to provide a bust, and to endow a 
medal, prize, or scholarship in recognition of meritorious 
botanical work carried out in these Colonies. 
PROFESSOR T. JEFFREY PARKER, D.Sc., F.R.S. 
We have by the lamented death of Professor Parker lost 
the President elect for the Biological Section and our Local 
Secretary for New Zealand, which latter office he has held 
since Captain Hutton’s resignation in 1891. 
