62 J. H. MAIDEN. 
Mennell, Philip.—‘‘The dictionary of Australian bio- 
graphy . . .. from the inauguration of responsible 
government down to the present time (1855 — 1892).”’ 
London, 1892 (§). 
Maiden, J. H.—‘‘Forest Flora of New South Wales.” 
Government Printer, Sydney (7). 
Kew Catalogue of Portraits of Botanists, 1906 (8). 
See also— 
(a) Sachs, Julius von—‘‘ History of Botany,” (1530- 
1860). Authorised translation by Garnsey and 
Balfour, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1890 (9). 
(b) ‘‘Kew Collectors.” Pharm. Journ., 27/3/97, p. 270. 
(a) General. [By this I mean botanists who collected 
in two or more Australian States or who did not confine 
their descriptive work to the plants of one State. I am 
aware I have not been quite consistent. For instance, I 
have placed Allan Cunningham in the New South Wales 
list, as he was Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens here; 
nevertheless, he was an ‘‘Australian’’ botanist. I have 
excluded French botanists, as the expeditions of the French 
to Australia, particularly during the first half century of 
settlement, are so important that I propose to devote a 
special paper to them. | 
Backhouse, James (1794-1869). Born 8th July, 1794; 
died at York, England, 20th January, 1869. Nurseryman. 
Botanised in Teesdale, Yorkshire, etc., 1803-65. Missionary 
Friend in Norway and the Southern Hemisphere. Corres- 
pondent of J. E. Smith and W. J. Hooker. Pritzel11; (the 
only entry is “‘A monograph of the British Hieracia,’’ York 
1856, 8 vo. 92 pp.) Journ. Bot. vii (1869), 51; (a valuable 
and interesting account of his life and botanical work from 
the pen of J. G. (Baker), himself also a member of the 
Society of Friends; Journ. Hort., xli (1869), 32 (a brief 
note); Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1869, 136 (a moderately brief 
