September 2, 19 15] 



NATURE 



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»feilia — but he did not seriously take up horticul- 

 fcre again until he landed at Brisbane in 1861 

 Iter a spell of gold-digging in Victoria and farm- 

 \g in New Zealand. He then established a seed 

 usiness in Brisbane, a venture, however, at- 

 ' tended with no great measure of success owing 

 to financial conditions in Queensland, but his real 

 opportunity came in 1H75, when the Queensland 

 liovernment appointed a committee to inquire into 

 diseases affecting live stock and plants, and he 

 was chosen to investigate the botanical problems 

 •nvolved. In connection with the duties of this 

 appointment he travelled far and wide through- 

 out the State, and gained that extensive knowledge 

 of the flora of Queensland which enabled him to 

 make his numerous and valuable contributions to 

 Queensland botany. 



His earlier work was mainly connected with the 

 native grasses of Queensland, which formed the 

 subject of many articles valuable to the botanist 

 and agriculturist alike. He was next appointed 

 to the charge of the botanical section of the 

 Queensland Museum, and in i88t was made 

 Colonial Botanist, the post which he held until his 

 death. The duties of this post, which were very 

 congenial to him, he discharged with conspicuous 

 ability and untiring devotion, and, during the times 

 of depression when the post was abolished, he con- 

 tinued his work unpaid until, as a result of general 

 - protest, he was reinstated in his former position. 

 The distinction of C.M.G. conferred upon him 

 in igii was a fitting recognition of the value 

 of his botanical and agricultural services to 

 Queensland. His contributions to botany embrace 

 the purely systematic as well as the economic 

 aspects of the subject. Another subject to which 

 he paid particular attention was the medicinal 

 uses of plants. 



Among his more important publications must be 

 mentioned "The Flora of Queensland " in seven 

 volumes ; "The Handbook of the Ferns of Queens- 

 land " ; a sketch of the " Economic Plants of 

 Queensland " ; " Plants reputed Poisonous and In- 

 jurious to Stock"; "Queensland Woods"; 

 "Queensland Grasses," etc. 



Bailey also devoted much time and attention, 

 especially in later years, to the study of fungi 

 and algae, and until a few days before his death 

 he was a regular contributor of critical specimens 

 to the National Herbarium at Kew, which has 

 been greatly enriched, as regards the Queensland 

 flora, by the specimens he so generously pre- 

 sented. 



We see from the Transactions of the Royal Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society (of which he is the honorary 

 <^ditor) that Dr. A. W. Borthwick, lecturer in forost 

 botany in the University of Edinburgh, has been ap- 

 pointed bv the Board of Agriculture for Scotland (o be 

 the advisory officer of the Board for forestry in suc- 



-;sion to the late Dr. John Nisbet. 



We learn that the nineteenth International Congress 

 of Americanists, which was to have been held in 



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Washington in October next, and which was post- 

 poned in consequence of the war, is, according to 

 present arrangements, to take place at Washington on 

 December 27-31 next, in conjunction with the anthro- 

 pological section of the Pan-American Scientific Con- 

 gress, the American Anthropological Association, the 

 American Historical Association, the American Folk- 

 lore Society, and the Archaeological Institute of 

 America. 



The autumn meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute 

 will be held at the Institution of Civil Engineers on 

 September 23 and 24, when the following papers may 

 be expected to be read and discussed : — Influence of 

 oxygen on some properties of pure iron, W. Austin ; 

 note on the carburisation of iron at low temperatures 

 in blast-furnace gases, T. H. Byrom ; influence of 

 heat-treatment on the specific resistance and chemical 

 constitution of carbon steels, Prof. E. D. Campbell; 

 efi'ect of chromium and tungsten upon the hardening 

 and tempering of high-speed tool-steel. Prof. C. A. 

 Edwards and H. Kikkawa ; phosphorus in iron and 

 steel, Dr. W. H. Hatfield; the magnetic transforma- 

 tion of cementite, Prof. K. Honda and H. Takagi ; 

 sulphur in malleable cast-iron, R. H. Smith ; iron and 

 nitrogen. Prof. N. Tschischewski. 



The council of the Iron and Steel Institute gives 

 notice that at the forthcoming meeting of the institute 

 the following new rule for addition to the existing 

 by-laws will be submitted : — " In the event of a state 

 of war existing between Great Britain and any other 

 country, or State, all members, honorary members, 

 and honorary vice-presidents who shall be subjects of 

 such enemy country, or State, shall forthwith cease to 

 be members, honorary members, or honorary vice- 

 presidents of the institute, but they may, if the council 

 thinks fit, be reinstated after the termination of the 

 war." 



The Royal Aero Club announces that the British 

 height record for pilot alone has been granted to Mr. 

 H. G. Hawker, the National Physical Laboratory 

 having reported that the barograph and chart used by 

 the aviator on June 6 showed that the height attained 

 was 18,393 ft. The previous best record was that of 

 14,920 ft., accomplished by Eng.-Lieut. E. F. Briggs, 

 now a prisoner in Germany. 



We deeply regret to record the death in afition at 

 the Dardanelles, on August 10, of Second Lieut. 

 H. G. J. Moseley, Trinity College, Oxford, son of the 

 late Prof. H. N. Moseley. Lieut. Moseley was 

 formerly lecturer and demonstrator in physics at the 

 University of Manchester, and holder of the John 

 Hading fellowship for research. 



We much regret to learn that Capt. T. P. Black, 

 9th Sherwood Foresters, registrar of University Col- 

 lege, Nottingham, was killed at the Dardanelles be- 

 tween August 7 and 11. He was for a time assistant 

 in physics at the Durham College of Science, New- 

 castle-upon-Tyne, removing in 1907 to University Col- 

 lege, Nottingham, to fill a similar position. In 19 11 

 he was appointed registrar of the college. 



We note, with regret, the death, on August 28, at 

 the age of fifty-six years, of Mr, Henry Crookes, the 

 eldest son of Sir William Crookes. He was an asso- 



