162 J. H. MAIDEN. 



Although not an actual native of Sydney, his boyhood's 

 days were spent there, and he lived in Sydney and New- 

 South Wales until he attained the age of 33 years. From 

 time to time he paid visits to Sydney, and while entirely 

 loyal to the city which gave him the chance to carry out 

 his life work, he never faltered in his affection for the older 

 city, and used to break into poetry as he spoke of " the 

 dear old Sydney Garden." He was a strong personality, and 

 the vehemence of his affection to his friends can readily 

 be traced to some of his Celtic forbears. 



See also "Men of the time in Australia (Victorian Series), 

 2nd Edition, 1882. He is commemorated by the genus 

 Guilfoylea (Mueller), Melodinus Guilfoylei P.v.M., Epi- 

 pogon Guilfoylei F.v.M. = E. nutans Lindl., Eucalyptus 

 Guilfoylei Maiden. See also in the "Victorian Naturalist," 

 "A new Victorian Clematis," (xv, 97); "An unrecorded 

 species of Bursaria," (xvn, 42). 



Helms, Richard (1842 - 1914), 



There is such an admirable necrology of this well known 

 naturalist in the Presidential Address of Mr. Charles 

 Hedley, (this Journal, xlix, 11, 1915), that I will content 

 myself with reproducing a brief note I received from his 

 daughter a few days after his death. He was an excellent 

 botanical collector, his best work being done in connection 

 with the Elder Exploring Expedition, and his photograph 

 reproduced, was taken at that time. 



" He was born at Altona, Germany, on December 12th, 

 1842, and came out to Victoria in 1858-9. After two or 

 three years he went to New Zealand (Dunedin), after a few 

 years there returning again to Victoria. About 1869 he 

 returned again to New Zealand and settled in Greymouth, 

 where he married in 1878. In 1887 he came to Sydney 

 and made trips to Mount Kosciusko for the Australian 

 Museum. He was Naturalist to the Elder Exploring 



