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  profitably 
  used 
  by 
  British 
  workmen. 
  Here, 
  in 
  a 
  far 
  distant 
  

   colony, 
  educational 
  appliances 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  kind, 
  specially 
  adapted 
  

   to 
  the 
  modified 
  surroundings, 
  are 
  thoroughly 
  appreciated 
  by 
  the 
  

   public. 
  The 
  success 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  great 
  that 
  branch 
  museums 
  have 
  

   been 
  established 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  all 
  under 
  

   the 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  curator 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  office 
  at 
  Sydney. 
  

  

  As 
  noted 
  in 
  a 
  former 
  paper, 
  there 
  are 
  other 
  technological 
  mu- 
  

   seums 
  in 
  Australasia, 
  somewhat 
  on 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  that 
  at 
  Sydney, 
  

   and 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  accomplishing 
  much 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  

   the 
  colonies. 
  It 
  is 
  pleasing 
  to 
  note, 
  further, 
  that 
  these, 
  together 
  

   with 
  the 
  natural 
  history 
  and 
  the 
  art 
  museums, 
  are 
  well 
  supported, 
  

   being 
  everywhere 
  in 
  these 
  colonies 
  recognized 
  as 
  important 
  fac- 
  

   tors 
  in 
  education. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  museums 
  have 
  been 
  already 
  

   referred 
  to 
  : 
  in 
  this 
  communication 
  reference 
  must 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  

   still 
  others. 
  The 
  Sydney 
  Museum, 
  under 
  the 
  curatorship 
  of 
  Dr. 
  

   E. 
  P. 
  Ramsay 
  is 
  very 
  rich 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  departments, 
  notably 
  

   that 
  of 
  ornithology. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit, 
  in 
  February, 
  a 
  

   large 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  was 
  undergoing 
  repairs 
  and 
  addi- 
  

   tions 
  were 
  being 
  made. 
  In 
  Sydney, 
  as 
  in 
  other 
  centers 
  of 
  learn- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  the 
  colonies, 
  there 
  are 
  strong 
  local 
  societies 
  for 
  the 
  encour- 
  

   agement 
  of 
  science, 
  but 
  until 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  the 
  Australasian 
  

   Association 
  for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  Science, 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  organization. 
  Professor 
  Liversidge 
  of 
  Sydney, 
  who 
  was 
  the 
  

   prime 
  mover 
  in 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  Association, 
  must 
  view 
  

   with 
  great 
  satisfaction 
  the 
  happy 
  results 
  which 
  have 
  followed 
  his 
  

   successful 
  work. 
  

  

  Brisbane, 
  the 
  capital 
  of 
  Queensland, 
  is 
  in 
  latitude 
  27° 
  28' 
  S. 
  

   and 
  about 
  five 
  hundred 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Sydney 
  (over 
  700 
  by 
  rail). 
  

   The 
  climate 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  northern 
  Florida 
  and 
  per- 
  

   mits 
  a 
  wide 
  range 
  of 
  plants 
  to 
  be 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  Botanical 
  

   Gardens. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  Botanic 
  Gardens 
  in 
  this 
  city, 
  neither 
  of 
  

   them 
  very 
  large 
  but 
  both 
  kept 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  and 
  of 
  much 
  use 
  

   to 
  the 
  colony. 
  The 
  one 
  which 
  is 
  properly 
  a 
  governmental 
  estab- 
  

   lishment 
  occupies 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  peninsulas 
  formed 
  by 
  

   the 
  curves 
  of 
  the 
  Brisbane 
  river, 
  and, 
  owing 
  to 
  its 
  lying 
  so 
  low, 
  is 
  

   sometimes 
  partly 
  inundated 
  by 
  freshets. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit, 
  

   the 
  traces 
  of 
  damage 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  floods 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  wholly 
  

   obliterated. 
  The 
  grounds 
  contain 
  many 
  interesting 
  sub-tropical 
  

   plants 
  with 
  not 
  a 
  few 
  which 
  are 
  truly 
  tropical. 
  Changes 
  which 
  

   have 
  been 
  inaugurated 
  by 
  the 
  new 
  curator, 
  Mr. 
  Philip 
  MacMahon, 
  

   promise 
  to 
  be 
  substantial 
  improvements 
  both 
  in 
  selection 
  and 
  

   arrangement. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  garden 
  is 
  close 
  by 
  the 
  two 
  parks, 
  Bowen 
  and 
  Vic- 
  

   toria, 
  and 
  attracts 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  visitors 
  on 
  pleasant 
  days. 
  

   It 
  is 
  under 
  the 
  management 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  Acclimatization, 
  

   and 
  has 
  for 
  its 
  curator 
  Mr. 
  Souter. 
  The 
  classes 
  of 
  plants 
  are 
  

   much 
  like 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  government 
  garden, 
  but 
  a 
  good 
  proportion 
  

   of 
  the 
  specimens 
  are 
  older 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  larger. 
  The 
  propagating 
  

   department 
  was 
  very 
  interesting. 
  A 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  of 
  

  

  Am. 
  Jour. 
  Sci.— 
  Third 
  Series, 
  Vol. 
  XLII, 
  No. 
  250. 
  — 
  October, 
  1891. 
  

  

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