RECORDS OF AUSTRALIAN BOTANISTS. 85 
N.S.W., xvi., 707 (1891). He also made many observations 
on our native plants, and published notes “‘on Myoporum 
platycarum, a resin-producing tree of the interior of New 
South Wales ”’ (op. cit., vii., 349); “‘ Exhibition of speci- 
mens of Spinifex,’’ viii., 180; ‘‘ Notes on the method of 
obtaining water from Kucalyptus roots, as practised by the 
natives of the country between the Lachlan and Darling 
Rivers,”’ viii., 213; ‘‘ Remarks on the decay of certain 
species of Hucalypti,’”’ x., 453. He made botanical col- 
lections for me in 1886 and 1887, and I can testify as to 
the accuracy of his observations on plants. For the last 
few years of his life he lived at Ivanhoe, via Hay, and 
when he died, 30th June, 1891, I should say he was from 
00 —55 years of age. 
Bidwill, John Carne (1815-1853). Born Exeter, Hng- 
land, and died at Tinana, Wide Bay, Queensland, 16th 
March, 1853. First Director of the Botanic Gardens, 
Sydney, and Government Botanist (all other officers in 
charge having been called Superintendent), Ist September, 
1847. He was appointed by the Governor, but owing to 
some crossing of letters, the Secretary of State appointed 
Mr. Charles Moore to the position, and accordingly Mr. 
Bidwill vacated it on Mr. Moore’s arrival in January, 
1848. Hooker (8) speaks of him as “‘ possessed of a remark- 
able love of botany and knowledge of Australian plants. . . 
Mr. Bidwill accompanied me in my excursions around Port 
Jackson, and impressed me deeply, both then and after- 
wards in England, with the extent of his knowledge and 
his fertile talents.”’ His herbarium went to Kew. He 
travelled and botanised much in New Zealand. After he 
left the Botanic Gardens, he was appointed Commissioner 
of Crown Lands at Wide Bay, near Maryborough (now 
Queensland) and made many botanical observations. He 
published the first account of the Bunya Bunya Pine 
