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geners. He was awarded at the Paris meeting (4th Int. 

 Oonf. on Genetics, 1911) the Mendel medal struck in con- 

 nection with that conference. 



In his younger days he was an authority on the subject 

 of spiders and their architecture, and was an original 

 member of the Entomological Society of N. S. Wales, con- 

 tributing to its Proceedings and to the first volume of those 

 of the Linnean Society of N. S. Wales. He was an Elective 

 Trustee of the Australian Museum from 7th November, 

 1878, and succeeded Dr. J. O. Cox as Crown Trustee, an 

 office he held until his death. 



He was Honorary Secretary of the Horticultural Society 

 of New South Wales from 1893 to the last year of his life, 

 when he was President. His garden at "Grantham " was 

 a marvellous gardeners' garden, and earnest students of 

 horticulture were always welcome. His unique collection 

 of Crinums and Hippeastrums which embodied much of his 

 work of later years, was presented by Mrs. Bradley to the 

 Botanic Gardens, Sydney. He sternly forbade publication 

 of any notices in which his name appeared, under pain of 

 exclusion from his wonderful garden. A sympathetic notice 

 by Henry Selkirk (one of his co-workers) will be found in 

 the Sydney Mail for 5th February, 1919. See also a note 

 in my Eeport of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, for the year 

 1918. 



Oaley, George (177- -1829). See (1), p. 94, (5), p. 13, 

 also my "Sir Joseph Banks," p. 127. 

 He was a most eminent botanical observer, though the 

 identity of many of his plants has been lost through the 

 incorporation of them in the collections made by and under 

 the auspices of Robert Brown, his superior officer, during 

 the first four years (1800-4) of their combined stay in Aus- 

 tralia, Caley remaining on till 1810. We know Oaley's 

 small handwriting on his very small labels (paper was very 



