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SwAiNSON, William. See (3), p. 113. 



Mr. A. Hamilton, Director of the Dominion Museum, Welling- 

 ton, N.Z., obligingly writes to me : — 



la sorting a number of books that have been packed away in the library 

 for some time, and which formerly belonged to Mr. Swainson, I have found 

 three manuscript notebooks and a quantity of manuscript on the same sized 

 paper relating to his celebrated report on the Eucalypts and the Casuarinas. 

 I see in your address* that you suggest that Mueller may have lost the manu- 

 script notes. Possibly there was another copy of these. What I have seem 

 to be the originals. The first MSS. book is entitled " Rough Notes on the 

 Eucalyptidae, Dandenong, March, 1853, William Swainson," and contains 

 apparently the description of about 42 species. The second one is entitled 

 " Rough Description of Cassuarinae of Port Philip, September, 1881, vol. 2, 

 William Swainson." I see he adopts the spelling Cassuarinae all through. 

 The third one continues the description of Casuarinae from No. 171 to ap- 

 parently 225. Besides this there are descriptions of other Tasmanian 

 Casuarinas in loose manuscript. There is perhaps no very great interest 

 attached to this now, but I thought you might like to make a note of where 

 they are at present. We have besides a large number of his beautiful sketches 

 of birds, which have hardly ever been surpassed. Also some old botanical 

 works, many of which were presented to him when he was in Sicily by 

 some Italian botanists. 



Tate, Ralph. See (2), pp. 171, 177, 181,' 186. 



I have come across a list of Tate's botanical papers, in his own 

 handwriting, dated 31st August, 1892. Any subsequent papers 

 can be readily traced. 



(1) Jouynal of Botany (1866). 



1. Flora of the Shetland Islands, 1866. 



(2) Intellectual Observer (1866). 



2. Review of the Flora of Ireland, 1866. 



(3) Royal Society of South Australia (1880-1892). 



3. Census of the Flora of South Australia, 1880. 

 4-5 Id. Supplements, 1881, 1882. 



6. Census of the Cryptogamic flora of South Australia, 1881. 



7. New Dilleniaceous plants, 1882 (In conjunction with Baron von Mueller). 



8. New Rhamnaceous plant, 1882 



9 Botany of Kangaroo Island, 1883. 



10. Miscellaneous botanical contributions, 1881. 



11. Winter-flowering state of Hypoxis glabella, 1882. 



12. Plants of South Eyre Peninsula, 1883. 



13. Plants of South-east of South Australia, 1883. 



14. Plants of North-east part of Lake Torrens basin, 1883. 



15. Diagnoses of New Plants (in conjunction with Baron Sir F. von Mueller), 



1883. 



16. Additions to the Flora of South Australia, 1883. 



17. Descriptions of New Species, 1884. 



18. Diagnoses of New Species (in conjunction with F. v. M.), 1885. 



19. Diagnosis of a New Species of Caladenia, 1 pi., 1886. 



20. Diagnoses of New Species (in conjunction with F. v. M.), 1887. 



21. Flora of Port Lincoln district, 1888. 



22. Plants of the Lake Eyre Basin, 1888. 



23. Botany of Southern Yorke Peninsula, 1890. 



* Proc Linn- Soc- N.S.W., XXVI, 797. 



