BY J. H. MAIDEN, F.L.S. 2/ 



SMITH, CHARLOTTE, nee .... ( ). 



Mrs. Charlotte Smith, of Circular Head, Tasmania, 

 collected algae for Harvey, and Polyphacmn Smithiae, 

 Hook, fil., et Harv. was named in her honour. 



Of MARY BALLA'NTYNE (MRS. SMITH) and 

 JOHN GRANT SMITH, also early collectors of the 

 Tasmanian flora, I can trace no 'particulars, nor of 

 SMITH, McDonald ( ), -• Collector of 



Algae " (2). 



SPICER, M.A., RE,V. W. W. (=^-1879). 



Formerly a member of Council of this Society, and 

 in April, 1878 (" Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas.," 1878, p. 4), he 

 was elected a Corresponding Member on the eve, of his 

 departure for England, a special resolution of the 

 Council being conveyed to him. 



He was the author of a meritorious " Handbook of 

 the Plants of Tasmania " (Hobart, 1878) on the dichoto- 

 mous system. Lie wrote both on botanical and eco- 

 nomic entomology for the Proceedings of this Society. 

 See papers on " Ergot " in the volume for 1877, p. 75, 

 and on " Alien Plants," containing a list of Tasmanian 

 aliens in the same volume, p. 62. 



Mr. Spicer did a great deal of botanical work in 

 England before he came to Tasmania, but it is not on 

 record here. After his return to England he became 

 Rector of Itchen Abbas, near Winchester, where he died 

 about 1879. 



Helichrvsum Spiceri was named after him bv 

 Mueller. 



STORY, GEORGE FORDYCE (1800-1887). 



Born at Carlisle, England, 4th June, 1800. Died at 

 Kelvedon, near Swansea, Tasmania, 7th June, 1887. 



His father was a contemporary of John Wesley, and 

 one of his itinerant preachers ; he was a Doctor of 

 Divinity, and in after years head of the printing estab- 

 lishment of the Wesleyans. G. F. Story was born when 

 his father was 60 years old, and became a Friend, like 

 his schoolfellow and old friend, Francis Cotton. 



