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of any other systematic records of the same kind in 

 Australia. 



B.— In the unpublished minutes of the Royal Society, 

 N.S.W., 6th October, 1869, it is recorded:— " The Chairman 

 (Edward Bedford, Esq.) called the attention of the meet- 

 ing to a botanical abstract published in the Proceedings 

 Roy. Soc, Tas., in reference to the time of leafing, flower- 

 ing and fruiting of a few standard plants in the Royal 

 Society's Gardens, Hobart Town, and suggested that it 

 would be very interesting if a similar abstract could be 

 made in this colony. Mr. Moore undertook to carry out 

 the Chairman's suggestion." 3rd November, 1869, " Mr. 

 Moore intimated to the meeting that he bad prepared a 

 paper on the leafing and flowering of shrubs in New South 

 Wales, which he would have much pleasure in putting 

 before the Society at an early meeting." The paper does 

 not appear to have ever been presented. 



C— Haviland, Edwin — Beginning Proc. Linn. Soc.N .S.W., 

 xi, 1049 (1886), Mr. Edwin Haviland has a series of papers 

 entitled "Flowering seasons of Australian plants," being a 

 list of plants in the Sydney district in flower during specified 

 months. There were eight papers in all and the last was 

 in 1888. 



D.— Prince, J. E. — " Phenology and rural biology," (Vict. 

 Nat., viii, 119 (1891). A useful paper, drawing attention 

 to the desirability of encouraging such observations in 

 Victoria. 



E.— The statement is made, ib., viii, 126, " previous 

 phenological reports have been published by the Astrono- 

 mer's Department " (Mr. Ellery's). On enquiry of the 

 Government Astronomer at Melbourne, Mr. Baracchi 

 writes, under date 20th October, 1908, "So far as I am 

 aware, no Phenological Reports have ever been published 

 by this Observatory." 



