RECORDS OF TASMANIAN BOTANISTS. 



By J. H. Maiden, F.L.S. 



Government Botanist and Director of the Botanic 

 Gardens, S^'dne}'. ' ■ 



♦ Corresponding Alemiber. 



(Read May 3rd, 1909.) 



I have used the term " botanists " in a somewhat 

 wide sense, having included collectors of note, whether 

 they described their finds or not, notable horticul- 

 turists, and, in my general list (5), 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. 



Some notes on South Australian botanists will be 

 found in (4), of New South Wales ones in (5), and I am 

 taking steps to publish my notes on the botanists of 

 other Australian States in their respective States. 



It-jWill be seen how imperfect is the record of some 

 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 Aus- 

 tralian history of practical value to working botanists. 

 They afford a guide to their published works, and indi- 

 cate where their observations were made. 



The lists of species named after the various botanists 

 and collectors 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. Rov. Soc, Queensland, viii. Quoted 



as (I) 



