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Bentham's " Flora Australiensis," seven volumes (1863-1878). Vol. iii (1866) 

 contains the Eucalypts. Asa Gray, the very distinguished American taxonomist, wrote 

 of it :— 



" The greatest Flora written in English, we might say the best great Flora in any language which 

 has ever been produced and completed." (Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts, 3rd Ser., xx, (1880). 



Dr. L. Diels, of the Botanical Museum, Berlin (with a companion, Dr. E. Pritzel) 

 travelled from 1900-2 in Australia, chiefly Western Australia, but in the other States 

 also. The results of their researches (including the Eucalypts) were published by him 

 in some valuable works, including " Pragmenta Phytographial Australise occidentalis " 

 (with E. Pritzel in Engler's Botan. Jahrbucher xxxv, 55-662 (1905). See other works 

 enumerated at Part LXVII, p. 319. 



Cambage, B. H. This author has written extensively on the Eucalypts of New 

 South Wales, and also an important paper on those of Northern Queensland. His 

 work at one time as a mining surveyor led him to districts infrequently or not at all 

 visited by other botanists, and he has very greatly improved our knowledge of the 

 genus, particularly in regard to plant-geography, geology, and climate. His papers, 

 including two series (see Part LXVII, p. 334), are chiefly, but not exclusively, published 

 in the Journals of the Linnean and Boyal Societies of New South Wales. 



Fitzgerald, William Vincent. He wrote an important paper, " The Botany of 

 the Kimberleys, North-west Australia " (Journ. and Proc. Roy. Soc, W.A., iii, 1-123 

 (1918). In a note at p. 1, I (as editor, he was at the war) explained that his valuable 

 Eucalyptus work is mainly represented in Journ. Boy. Soc, N.S.W., vols, xlvii (1913); 

 xlix (1915); li (1917), and how it came about. All Mr. Fitzgerald's species (including 

 striaticalyx and accedens in Journ. W.A. Nat. Hist. Soc, 1904) and notes, will be found 

 in the present work. 



It will be obvious to anyone who has perused this work, even superficially, that 

 I have quoted an enormous number of authorities. I have always tried to consult 

 originals, and to give the references and to copy the quotations accurately. In a few 

 cases I have not been able to consult the originals, either because of the carelessness 

 with which the references were set down, or because the originals were not accessible 

 to me. 



It has come home to me that some of my brother naturalists have been easy- 

 going in quoting references, while others do not quote the ipsissima verba. This care- 

 lessness sometimes amounts to false quotation. I suggest that in all schools and 

 universities where botany and zoology are taught, pupils be instructed in bibliography, 



