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CHARDINIA ORIENTALIS. 
hemum orientale Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8, n. 3 (1768) ; 
Banks & Sol. in Russ. Aleppo, ii. 263 (1794); Willd. Sp. 
Plant. iii. 1902 (1 
Chardinia zeranthemoides Desf. in Mém. Mus. Par. ili. 455 
1817). 
Russell’s specimen was communicated to Banks “ex Herb. 
a 83 Bot. Prof. Edinb.” 
FREDERICK MANSON BAILEY. 
(1827-1915) 
Frederick Manson Bailey, the doyen of Australian: botanists, 
died at his residence, Kangaroo ee Brisbane, on June 25th; 
he was born at Hackney, not then as it is now a part of London, 
on March 8th, 1827. His father, J ae Bailey, who was in business 
nurseryman and seedsman and was well acquainted with plants, 
sailed with his family to Australia in 1838, and arrived in Holdfast 
wards took part in the Victorian gold-rush, and subsequently — 
to New Zealand; he arte settled in Brisbane in 1861, 
the seed business, but this failed and for a time no career pila 
open to him. During this Serio: however, he must have devoted 
much attention to botany, as his Handbook to the Ferns of Queens- 
land was published in 1874. 
‘In 1875 a Board was appointed by the Queensland nea 
al 
side ofthe problem. He took up the work with the enthusiasm and 
thoroughness typical of his nature, and pursuing his investigations 
far and wide throughout the State he contributed some valuable 
articles in regard to the native niece ae pea nsland. He next 
was popointes ne se eS f the cei section of the 
Queensland Mus n 1881 was pesesrare to the proud 
timber resources. 
n reviewing a life so full of activity and so useful it may be 
pointe out that, while paying attention to the systematic descrip- 
tion of plants an nd their nomenclature, he laid very great stress on 
their economic uses, and during the term of his ovficial career he > 
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