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than if it had none atall. It will probably be a large yellow 
flower. I went to Government House last Thursday to see young 
Fitz-Roy, and the Governor sent forme. He said that he was 
very sorry to hear the report of my supercession (at the Botanic 
Gardens)—spoke very kindly. I asked him if in accordance with 
his rules for making appointments, I should be eligible, as I had 
never been on his list. He said, ‘ Yes—what did I want? I said 
that if there was any chance of a new Commissionership being 
formed to the northward I should like it very well. He said that 
I should certainly have it if such a thing occurred but that he did 
not know when a vacancy might happen.’ (So far his experiments 
were undertaken at the Botanic Gardens.) 
December 27, 1847.—‘“I do think that I shall like the Commis- 
sionership better than my present situation. I am aware that 
there will be disagreeables connected with it, but I shall at al 
events there have a fixed rule of conduct laid down for me, whereas 
here all the blame which may arise will be laid upon my shoulders, 
when in reality I might have nothing whatever to do with the 
matter, . . . I understand that Mr. Keck at the jail was at 
the Gardens yesterday, and spoke to Kidd very highly of Mr, 
Moore,’ who apparently is a friend of his.” 
Maryborough, April 20, 1849.—“ There is no danger of my 
being removed from my district as you fear. 1t will improve, I 
have more than £500 per annum for doing what is only a pleasure 
to me. I would however willingly do more for my pay.” 
In a list of plants introduced into the Colony during the 
year 1849-50, Amaryllis Amelice, a hybrid raised by Mr. 
J. ©. Bidwill, is enumerated (‘Second Ann. Rep. of the 
Australasian Botanic and Horticultural Society ’ [1850)]). 
The Gigantic Water Lily of Australia (Nymphcea gigantea) 
was described by Hooker (Bot. Mag. t. 4647) from material 
* Mr. Moore informed me that he arrived in Sydney, 14th January, 
1848, so this conversation apparently took place before Mr. Moore’s 
arrival. 
