RECORDS OF QUEENSLAND BOTANISTS. 



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See a paper '• Zur Flora von Queensland, Verzeichniss der von 

 Frau Amalie Dietrich, in den Jahren, 1863 bis 1873, an der Nordost- 

 kixste von Neuholland gesainmelten Pfianzen " von Dr. Chr. Luerssen, 

 in "' Journal des Museum GodefEroy," Heft viii., pp. 101-122, Taf. 12-18. 

 There is another paper based on material from the same collector in 

 pp. l-2'2 of the same Jcmrnal (Heft ?) There is also an account of 

 Mrs. Dietrich's travels in Catalog, iv. of the same Museum, pp. 

 xviii., six. (1869), but the notes are almost entirely zooloogical. 



She is commemorated by the following plants: — Garex 

 Dietrichice, Boeckel=?; Cyperus Dietrichice, Boeckel=?; Heleocharis 

 Lietricliiana Boeckel=?: Scirpus Dietrichioe, Boeckel = ^. squarrosus, 

 Linn.; Sderia Dietrichice, Boeckel = /S". Ae&ecar^ja, Nees. 



No biographical details appear to be available in regard to this 

 admirable collector. 



Gilbert, John ( -1846) — 



Explored both in Queensland and Western Australia; killed by 

 the blacks in Queensland, near the Gulf of Carpentaria. See. (8). He 

 v/as in the employment of John Gould, the celebrated ornithologist, 

 and although he mainly gave attention to bii*ds, he did good botanical 

 collectinsr. 



Hill, Walter (1820-1904)— 



Born at Scotsdyke, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 31st December, 1820. 

 Died at Canonbie Lea, Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane, 4th Febiniary, 

 1904. 



Having received a thorough training as a gardener, he was two 

 years in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, under Mr. W. 

 McNab, and then was nine years at Kew (1843-51). There is a notice 

 of him in the " Journal of the Kew Guild," 1904, based on the 

 " Queenslander" notices of 13th February and 9th July of the same 

 year, wKich contain portraits. 



He came to Sydney in February, 1852, by the ship " Maitland," 

 bearing a letter of introduction to Mr. William Sharp Macleay. He 

 went to the gold diggings at Bendigo, Beechworth, the Turon, and 

 other places with the late P. L. C. Shepherd, of Sydney. (See 6-) 



Mr. Macleay introduced him to Mr. Frederick Strange (see 6), 

 with whom he entered into partnership for the purpose of collecting 

 natural* history specimens, on the occasion of the unfortunate expedi- 

 tion when Mr. Strange was speared by the blacks on Percy Island 

 No. 2. They had purchased the ketch "Vision" for the purposes of 

 this expedition, and Mr. Hill returned to Sydney in this vessel. 



He was appointed first superintendent -of the Botanic Gardens, 

 Brisbane, on 21st Febmary, 1855, by the Imperial Government (soon 

 after Separation, in 1859, he was also appointed Colonial Botanist), 

 and retired from his post on a pension on 1st March, 1881. The 

 garden originally consisted of 6 acres, a considerable portion of it 

 swampy, and it did not extend to the river. 



