PAPERS READ IN SECTION D. 



1.— EECORDS OF QUEENSLAND BOTANISTS. 



By J. H. MAIDEN, Government Botanist of New South Wales, and Director of the 

 Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 



I have used the tenii '■botanist" in a somewhat wide sense, 

 ■having inchided collectors of note whether they described their finds 

 or not, notable horticulturists, and, in my general list (6) botanists 

 who have described Australian plants whether they visited this land or 

 not. I have included no living man, so far as I am aware. It will be 

 seen how imperfect is the record of som-e who have worked amongst us 

 and who have not been removed by the hand of death very long. 



Records of departed botanists form a branch of Australian 

 history of practical value to working botanists. They afford a guide 

 to their publislied works, and indicate where their observations were 

 made. * 



The lists of species named after the various botanists and col- 

 lectors are valuable (so I have often found) for tracing particulars of 

 botanical journeys, biographical notes, and other useful information. 



Select Bibliography. 

 Bailey, F. M. " A Concise History of Australian Botany." (Proc. Roy. 



Soc, Queensland, viii., p. svii., 1891.) Quoted as (1). 

 Hooker, J. D. " Introductory Essay to the Flora of Tasmania," cxii.- 



csxviii. (" Outlines of the Progress of Botanical Discovery 



in Australia.") Quoted as (2)- 

 Britten and Boulger. '■ British and Irish Botanists." Quoted as 



(3). 

 Mennell, Philip. " The Dictionary of Australian Biography . . . 



from the inauguration of Responsible C4oveniment down to 



the present time (1855-1892)," London, 1892. Quoted as 



(4). 

 Maiden, J. H. Address of the President, Section D, Biology, of this 



Association, Adelaide Meeting, 1907. Contains Biographical 



Notices of South Australian and some other botanists. Quoted 



as (5). 

 Maiden, J. H. " Records of Australian Botanists — (a) General, (h) 



New South Wales" (Proc. Roy. Soc, N.S.W., xlii., 1908). 



Quoted as (6). 

 Maiden, J. H. "Records of Victorian Botanists." (Vict. Nat., xxv., 



97-117, 1908.) Quoted as (7). 

 Maiden, J. H. " Records of Western Australian Botanists." (Journ. 



W.A. Nat. Hist. Soc, 1909.) Quoted as (8). 

 Maiden, J. H. " Records of Tasmanian Botanists." (Proc Roy. Soc, 



Tas., 1909.) Quoted as (9). 

 The veteran Queensland botanist, Mr. F. M. Bailey, in his " Con- 

 cise History of Australian Botany," already referred to (1), included 

 notices of living workers, and I hope that the information which 

 follows will usefully supplement Mr. Bailey^s references. In some 

 ■cases one must read the State-name broadly, as I have included in it 

 a few men engaged in Polynesian botanical exploration. 



