

PREFACE 



In presenting a catalogue of the plants in the two Metropolitan 

 Gardens, the Brisbane Botanic and Bowen Park, the compiler 

 thinks it may be well to make a few prefatory remarks, especially 

 as he has not followed the usual practice of giving only a dry 

 list of scientific names — to the many a dead language. Wherever 

 a local name is known he has given it, but has not thought it 

 advisable to follow the usage of those who, failing to find a local 

 name, give a free translation of the scientific one in lieu thereof; 

 when no local name is known for a plant it is as well that the 

 public should understand and use the scientific name, which has 

 the advantage of being the one used by all nationalities. 



The numerous notes on the properties and uses of the plants 

 are a feature the compiler feels sure will be appreciated by a large 

 number of persons, especially by those who take a utilitarian 

 view of them ; all of which have been extracted from the best 

 authorities on the subject, and may therefore be relied upon 

 as correct. 



The classification and nomenclature is that of Bentham and 

 Hooker's " Genera Plantarum," but where plants have been known 

 in our gardens by other names, these are given in parentheses. 



Although a number of the plants are indigenous to more 

 than one country — some, indeed, having a world-wide range — it 

 has been thought sufficient to note one only. 



No long list is given of the names and nationalities of the 

 many persons who have stood sponsors for the plants, but as 

 some may wonder what the few letters after each name may mean 

 it might be well just briefly to mention that Linn., after the name 

 Anemone, indicates that this genus was named by the immortal 

 Swedish naturalist, C. Linnaeus; and Zuce., after the specific name 

 japonica, below it, means that J. G-. Zuccarini gave the specific- 

 name. 



F. M. B. 



Sbptembbe, 1885. 



