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demonstrated ex et value of native Air and a 
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the value of the er resources of the State. He was a trained 
Herticaltarist, sar his advice as a practi gardener, as well as a 
scientist, was always presdee n ught. He wrote interestingly 
regarding the garden plants wey naturalised weeds. Another 
eature of his work was that he always kept - sabrina of the 
cas life of Queensland up to date. At one time he was in- 
defatigable in travel in order to prosecute re aed work, and 
in comparatively tak years he undertook a Northern tour and 
aborigines as food and for other purpo As a scientific 
botanist he ranked high, and his information was always sought 
by botanists, Australian or foreign. He was not only in constant 
self on being a disciple of 2 of the late George 
Bentham, the author of the great work on Australian plants, 
Flora Australiensis. Among his friends he numbered also Baron 
-. von Mueller, late Government Botanist of Victoria. As a 
worker he was tireless, and for _ after his official hours, was 
to be found at his desk in his own home pu ~ the study of 
csi his duties mech stating that the work must 
pana whether he w aid for it or not; and there was such 
a protest from the nblin. who recognised the valuable work he 
honda doing, t that he was soon reinstated in his position with 
onour 
Bailey’ s contributions to hg oes were varied and 
numerous. The most important of these was The Queensland 
Flora (1883), to which three sgpploawntn pease dded. Altho ough 
ESD of illustrations. Illustrations form the important feature 
of Bailey’s latest work, a oo anes of Queensland 
Plants (not dated, but issued in 1913); this, as its name denotes, 
is a mere catalogue, its chief purpose uae to provide the local 
botanist with eg agrees iee of the flora. In addition to these, 
“ contribution e Flora were published in periodicals over a 
28 series of sion! In 1906 he published a (very poorly) illus- 
rated ee on The Weeds and Suspected Poisonous Plants of 
nerasiaia (1906); other economic papers were issued in 
connection with the International Exhibition at Melbourne in 
1888. A Companion for the Queensland Student of Plant Life, 
which went through two editions (1893, 1897), is a useful popular 
