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matters to his face, but always respectfully, for I never lost sight 
of the intellectual greatness of the man. At the recent com- 
memoration of the University of Sydney, I was struck with a 
quotation by. His Excellency the Governor, from Burke, who, 
referring to George Townshend, said, “ He had no failings which 
were not owing to a noble cause ; to an ardent, generous, perhaps 
an immoderate passion for fame—a passion which is the instinct 
of all great souls.” I would apply these eloquent words to the 
memory of Ferdinand von Mueller. 
b. Other Workers.—Mr. J. G. Luehmann has been definitely 
placed in charge of the National Herbarium of Melbourne with 
the title of Curator. It is a matter for congratulation that a 
man so familiar with this fine herbarium should have been 
appointed to succeed Baron von Mueller in charge of it. This 
National Herbarium comes under the ministerial control of the 
Chief Secretary of Victoria, and it is also a matter of congratula- 
tion that Mr. O. A. Topp, M.A., the Under Secretary of that 
department, is also a botanist, and takes a keen interest in the 
welfare of the herbarium. Besides the plants of his own colony, 
Mr. Luehmann has been giving special attention to those of 
Western Australia, of which he has already described several 
new species. 
Professor Ralph Tate’s absence in Europe during the past year 
has of necessity caused his botanical work to be temporarily laid 
aside, 
Mr. F. M. Bailey, the veteran Colonial Botanist of Queensland, 
has been as actively as ever engaged in the work of his depart- 
ment. In addition to the valuable botany bulletins bearing his 
name, he is far advanced in the preparation of a Flora of Queens- 
land, which cannot but enhance his already high reputation. 
During the year the Botany Bulletins he published for the 
Queensland Department of Agriculture were Nos. 13 and 14; 
he also published a paper on Queensland grasses for a pamphlet 
on dairying, for distribution in England. He has nowin the press 
4 Bulletin on Fresh-water Alge, which will be larger than either 
