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Shepherd, Thomas William (1824—1884). Son of the 
preceding: Born at Hackney, near London, 11th March, 
1824, died at Ashfield, near Sydney, 27th August, 1884. 
Proprietor of the Darling Nursery. Agricultural Hditor of 
the **Town and Country Journal,’’ Sydney. There are 
some excellent articles from his pen in the “‘Sydney Maga- 
zine of Science and Art’’:—‘‘On the hybridisation of plants.”’ 
““On native plants, and the pastoral, agricultural and 
horticultural resources of Australia,’’ (six papers in Vol. i, 
1858). He collected many New South Wales plants, largely 
in the Illawarra, some of which were sent to Woolls and 
Mueller. The following orchid commemorates him:— 
Dendrobium Shepherdi, F.v.M.= Bolbophyllum Shepherdi, 
F.v.M. 
Shepherd, Patrick Lindesay Crawford (1831-1903). He 
wrote papers on horticultural subjects first published in the 
“Sydney Magazine of Science and Art ”’ (1858-9). Subse- 
quently he wrote on Draining and Manuring, and was a 
frequent contributor to the newspapers on such subjects. 
Mr. Shepherd was a native of Sydney, and the youngest 
son of Thomas Shepherd. He was connected with the firm 
of P. L. C. Shepherd and Son, Seed Merchants Sydney. In 
1874, he was elected representative in the Legislative 
Assembly of the Nepean Hlectorate, but never sought re- 
election; this was during the time of the Martin admistra- 
tion, and on 380th December, 1887, he was summoned to the 
Legislative Council, and held his seat up to the time of his 
death, which took place on 31st July, 1903, at his residence 
*‘ Birnam,’’ Shaftesbury Road, Burwood. Mr. Shepherd 
took a great interest in the defences of New South Wales, 
and in 1864 joined the Volunteer Artillery, in which he 
remained for twelve years. During the last eight years, 
he held the rank of Major. He was also a Vice-President 
of the Horticultural Society of New South Wales. He was 
buried at Rookwood, Sydney. 
