12 RECORDS OF TASMANIAN BOTANISTS. 



into possession of Cheshunt, Deloraine, named after the 

 town in Hertfoi-ds'hire, whence the Archers emig-rated 

 early in the last century. Cumming's Head is the moun- 

 tain overlooking the Cheshunt Estate, and is often 

 quoted in Archer's plant-labels. 



In i860 he succeeded Dr. Milligan as Secretan^ of 

 the Royal Society of Tasmania, and held that office for 

 two years. 



" It remains only to mention my friend, William Archer, 

 Esq., F.L.S., of Cheshunt, who, after a residence of upwards 

 of ten years in Tasmania, during which he sedulously investi- 

 gated the botany of the district surrounding his property, re- 

 turned to England, 1857, with an excellent herbarium, copious 

 notes, analyses, and drawings, and a fund of accurate informa- 

 tion on the vegetation of his n'ative island, which have been 

 unreservedly placed at my disposal." (2) 



And, again — 



'■ I received the most encouraging assistance from my 

 friend, William Archer, Esq., of Cheshunt, Tasmania, who for- 

 Avarded to me a beautiful series of drawings of Tasmanian 

 Orchids, together with £100 to be expended on the Flora, and 

 he sooi''- afterwards arrived in England, and rendered me still 

 more valuable aid by his observations and collections, which is 

 duly acknowledged in the body of this work .... adding 30 

 plates, including 60 species, chiefly of Orchideae (of many of 

 which Mr. Archer had prepared the drawings)." (2) 



Hooker dedicates his " Tasmanian Flora " conjointly 

 to Gunn and Archer, which is excellent testimony to the 

 value of the latter's services in the elucidation of Tas- 

 manian plants. 



His papers in this Journal include: — ''Observations 

 upon the Plants which are characteristic of Agricultural, 

 Pasturable, and Bad Lands respectively in Tasmania." 

 1864, p. 96; "Notes on an Excursion to Cumming's 

 Head and the Ealls of the INIeander, on the Western 

 Mountains, Tasmania." "lb.," 1870, p. 54; "Notes on 

 the Calif ornian Thistle," 1870, p. 70. ^ 



He is commemorated by the following plants : — 

 Psoralea Archeri, F. v. M. ; Mitrasacme Archeri, Hook, 

 f. ; Plantago Archeri, Hook. f.=:?; Diselma Archeri, 

 Hook. f. ; Prasophyllum Archeri, Hook. f. : Carex 

 Archeri, Boott.Trrr.C. acicularis, Boott. ; Danthonia Ar- 

 ^cheri, Hook. f.z=r?; Dianella Archeri, Hook. i.T=^?. 



I am much indebted for information furnished by his 

 son, Mr. Walter K. Archer. 



