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Crawford, Alexander Robert (1840 - 1912). 



Born in Dublin, Ireland, 21st February, 1840, died at 

 Moona Plains, Walcha, N.S.W., 27th March 1912, and 

 buried at Walcha. Both his parents came from the north 

 of Ireland, and he managed Cunderang Station for his 

 uncle, Mr. Richard Hill, for many years before he took up 

 collecting for the late Baron von Mueller. Mueller was so 

 pleased with his work that he asked him to go to Western 

 Australia to collect, but this was declined. I am indebted 

 to his brother, Mr. Guy H. Crawford, for these details. 

 Mueller valued his work highly, and quoted him in his 

 " Select Extra-tropical Plants." After Mueller's death in 

 1896, 1 got into touch with him through Mr. J. F. Campbell, 

 L.s., and my relations with him were very pleasant and 

 continued till the close of his life. I found him a critical 

 observer, and he made many critical observations, par- 

 ticularly on grasses and Eucalypts. He discovered E. 

 globulus in New England, and a specimen of his notes will 

 be found in my "Critical Revision " of the genus, Part II, 

 p. 66, under E. obliqua, but he did not publish, so far as I 

 am aware. Any specimens he sent to me are in the 

 National Herbarium, Sydney. 



Fisher, William Rogers (1846 - 1910). 



This is one of the few instances in which an Australian 

 has gone to Britain and has very highly distinguished him- 

 self in botanical and cognate matters. Mr. Fisher was 

 born in 1846 in Sydney, where his father, F. Fisher, was 

 Crown Solicitor in 1835 and 1836, but afterwards became 

 the first Attorney General of New Zealand in 1841, but he 

 held the post for only three months. The son was educated 

 at Cambridge, and afterwards entered the Indian Forest 

 Service, becoming subsequently Professor of Forestry in 

 the Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill, 

 England. He co-operated with Dr. Schlich in bringing out 



