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and I wrote at length on the proposal, my letter being 
published in the issue of the 14th. This refers more speci- 
ally to oil-paintings and meritorious works of art, but I 
would make a plea for the collection of portraits of any kind, 
no matter how crude, of Australian men of science. Are 
collections of portraits of medical men, engineers, chemists, 
zoologists, geologists, etc., in existence ? We know that 
- only very imperfect collections have been made. Our own 
Society has a number of photographs of its own members, 
and lithographs and engravings of others, the Botanic 
Gardens Museum is caring for those of botanists, and the 
Mitchell library for all kinds of portraits. But specific 
institutions or societies should make it their business to 
gather together the portraits of the men most interesting 
to them, and the sooner that organised effort takes place 
the better, since every day the links with the past become 
fewer. It only remains to be said that I shall be grateful 
for corrections or for suggestions for additions to the 
names of botanists. 
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Britten and Boulger—“‘British and Irish Botanists.” 
Quoted as (1). 
Bailey, F. M.—‘‘A concise history of Australian botany,”’ 
Proc. Roy. Soc., Queensland, viii. (2). 
Hooker, J. D.—‘‘Introductory Essay to the Flora of 
Tasmania.’ cxii—cxxviii. (“Outlines of the progress 
of Botanical discovery in Australia.’’) (8) 
Maiden, J. H.—The Sydney Botanic Gardens.  Bio- 
graphical Notes concerning the officers in charge. 
Public Service Journal, Sydney, with Supplements, 
1902 —1903. (4) 
Maiden, J. H.—Address of the President, Section D, 
Biology, Australasian Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, Adelaide Meeting, 1907. Contains 
biographical notices of South Australian and some 
other botanists (5). 
