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Until we know the similarities, or dissimilarities, of seedlings, we shall continue to 

 stumble into the pitfalls which abound. I speak feelingly, as I have had hundreds 

 of times to destroy material brought to me in perfectly good faith, and on which I 

 thought I could rely. I know something of the difficulties of foresters in California 

 and Florida. Brazil, Italy, Algiers, India, and other countries, in getting correctly 

 named seed. The fact that recognition of seedlings is so wrapped up with matters 

 of pounds, shillings, and pence, is a reason why I should very much like to have 

 reproduced all the excellent drawings of seedlings which have been made under my 

 direction, and not an imperfect selection of them. 



4. DRAWINGS AND THEIR SCHEDULES. 



Below I attach copies of the two printed forms which were filled in in regard to 

 all seedlings at the times the coloured drawings were made. The greatest care has been 

 taken to secure the botanical correctness of the seeds, without which the experiments 

 would, in most cases, be useless. 



The three-coloured process drawings (for which I am indebted to the kindness 

 of the Hon. Captain Frank Chaffey, Minister for Agriculture) only make one long for 

 more. But they are costly, and so I have had to omit the vast majority of the large 

 seedlings, either because of their size as plants, or because they have individually large 

 leaves. I hope that the public finances will soon permit the reproduction of these 

 omitted drawings, in the interests of science. Not only have most of the larger 

 drawings been omitted, but as . regards these and many others, there have been 

 omissions which destroy the continuity of the life-history of individual species. Room 

 could not be found for a single drawing whatever of some species. The trouble arises, 

 of course, because of the magnitude of the genus, and I have endeavoured to make the 

 best selection with the limited space available. 



The vast majority of the coloured drawings were made by Miss Margaret 

 Flockton, the artist to whom this work owes so much. Owing to pressure of work in 

 other directions, and large influx of seedlings, she received assistance from Miss Phyllis 

 Clarke during March, 1918, and at other times, and from Miss Ethel King from March, 

 1919, to August, 1923, and the work of both these artists deserves the highest credit. 



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