14 RECORDS OF TASMANIAN BOTANISTS. 



He gave attention to the native vegetation, and 

 wrote on the large trees of Tasmania. He also collected 

 Algae assiduously for Harvey, and Acanthococcus 

 Ewingii, named by Harvey in his honour, was figured in 

 the " Phycologia Australica." 



FEREDAY, REV. JOHN (1813-1871). 



Born 8th Novemiber, 1813, at the Ellowes, Stafford- 

 shire, England ; died George Town, Tasmania, 8th April, 

 1871. He was Master of Arts and FelloAV of Worcester 

 College, Oxford. 



" The Rev. Mr. Fereday, the Episcopahan Clergyman at 

 George Town, Tasmania, an enthusiastic lover of natural his- 

 tory, especially of algae. He had a boat and dredge, and at 

 once volunteered himself as a firm ally and assistant." 

 (" Memoir of W. H. Harvey," p. 282, 1854.) 



Harvey dedicated the 4th volume of his " Phycologia 

 Australica " to Mr. Fereday in the following graceful 

 terms : — 



'■ To the Rev. John' Fereday, M.A., of George Town, Tas- 

 mania, who has cultivated several branches of natural history, 

 and to Mrs. Fereday, an accomplished and successful collector ' 

 of algae, the fourth volume of the " Phycologia Australica " is 

 inscribed in grateful memory of many kindnesses conferred on 

 the author during his stay at George Town." 



In the preface to Vol. 5, Harvey says : — 



" During my residence at George Town, Tasmania, the Rev. 

 J. Fereday rendered me the most efficient aid in prosecuting my 

 researches. His boat and strong arm were almost daily at my 

 service, and many thousands of specimens were collected under 

 his auspices. He knew all the best localities on the Tamar, 

 and was continual!}'- my guide to them. Without his able 

 .guidance and active assistance my visit to George Town would 

 have proved comparatively unfruitful, instead of yielding me a 

 rich harvest of specimens. To Mrs. Fereday I am indebted 

 for many beautifully preserved specimens, and for aid in '" laying 

 ■out " and drying the tubsful of delicate algae which we almost 

 ■daily brought home." 



Samuel Hannaford (See p. 10), himself also a 

 student of Algae, describes in his " Wild Flowers of 

 Tasmania," pp. 75 and 85, a visit to Mr. Fereday, on 



which they botanised together. 



Harv^ey figured the following plants in his '" Phyco- 

 logia Australica " : — 



Cladophora Feredayi, Harv. ; Dasya Feredays. 

 Harv. 



