ON THE NOMENCLATURE OF SOME PROTEACER. 997 
nurseryman in King’s Road, a having acquired Mr. Hibbert’s 
collections as a foundation. as the foundation of the business 
subsequently carried on ae “the ae ont Knight and Perry; 
an ~ , a8 for many years past, by the Messrs. Veitch. 
e no evidence that Kaight had ths slightest claim to be 
Saideny a botanist, and there can be little doubt that the whole 
of the xpos portio n of his work was written by Salisbur 
have been quoted, except Rhebe of R. A. Salisbury, Lea, creo 
manuscripts have been found so useful in every sheet.” From 
internal — it is, I think, clear that this preface was, at any 
rate in great part, written by Salisbury. It is a nice point in 
nomenclature as to whether Saliabarry or Knight should stand as the 
authority for the many species here first published; but it will 
be easy to as that the names a have priority over the 
generally accepted ones of Robert Brown. 
Iam of opinion that — was a tacit understanding on the 
part of the botanical leaders of the period, a ing Brown, 
Banks, and Smith, that Salisbury’ s work and names should as far 
as possible be ignored, not only on account of shai strong antipathy 
to the man himself, but also, in Smith’s case at least, to the views of 
classification which Salisbury promulgated. In the ‘Banksian Cor- 
respondence’ are copies of letters which passed between Smith and 
Salisbury, which were sent by Smith to Banks; as pe as the 
acrimoni 
his views. But this cannot saath the bayettug of his work . 
serio 
ecting his moral character be admitted as accurate, can they be 
held od excuse the wholesale ignoring of his botanical publications, 
regard to the names published in Knight's ‘ Proteex,’ 
pea on ; ec 
private individual” (Knight, ‘Pro — preface, p. ah a he “for many years 
Possessed the most extensive collection of living Proteas that has ever been 
formed” (R. B: in Trans. Linn. ‘oi x. 46). He a elected F.LS., July 
‘Flora Australiensis’ (i. 33), it is treated as a synonym. 
Mueller, however (Census kus Plants, 2), restores it to its place as 
corr nee name of the species. 
* This is, hieatie Pagans Hist. ee Aigner Pa 282), 
who says :—“ This k has ft ‘attributed she Mr. Salis aa Tele os 
—— of Mr. Knight gardener to — as Be of Clapton a P Sos amped a 
Whose oe on of plants he now mee 
