102 J. H. MAIDEN. 
Fitzgerald, Robert Desmond (1830 — 1892). Born at 
Tralee, Ireland, 30th November, 1830, died at Hunter’s 
Hill, Sydney, 12th August, 1892; buried in Balmain 
Cemetery. He arrived in Sydney in 1856 and shortly after- 
wards entered the Surveyor-General’s office, retiring from 
the rank of Deputy Surveyor-General in November, 1887. 
He was a remarkably skilful draughtsman and employed 
his gift not only in depicting parts of plants, but living 
plants as they grew wild and their surroundings in nature. 
For many years he devoted himself entirely to the study 
of Orchids and his monument consists of his noble work 
‘*Australian Orchids,” the drawings being almost invariably 
from fresh specimens and the work of his own hand, while 
the lithographs are the work of his old friend and coadjutor 
Mr. A. J.Stopps. Mr. Fitzgerald visited every Australian 
State and Lord Howe Island in search of material for his 
beloved work. Not only was he an accomplished artist, 
but a sound botanist, an excellent combination of gifts. He 
left no herbarium. See “‘Sydney Mail,’’ 3rd September, 
1892, also (1), Viet. Nat. ix, 75, and Deane in Proc. Linn. 
Soc. N.S.W., xxi, 827 (1896). He is commemorated in 
the following species:—Sarcochilus Fitzgeraldi, F.v.M.; 
Dracephyllum Fitzgeraldi, F.v.M.; Eugenia Fitzgeraldi, 
K.v.M. and Bail. |For portrait see Plate 12.| 
Fleming, James (———-). The ‘‘Cumberland,”’ armed 
colonial schooner, left Sydney, 23rd November, 1802, under 
the command of Lieutenant Robbins for Port Phillip and 
Tasmania. Following is a record: ‘‘ The voyage of His 
Majesty’s Colonial Schooner ‘“‘Cumberland’’ from Sydney 
to. King Island and Port Phillip in 1802-3. A journal of the 
explorations of Charles Grimes, Acting Surveyor-General 
of New South Wales. Kept by James Fleming.’’ Note by 
Governor King :— | : 
‘“‘The writer of this journal (James Fleming) was sent to ex- 
amine the soil, timber, etc. of King Island and Port Phillip ; he 
