I REGARDS AUSTRALIAN PLANTS. lf>3 



Pharmacy at Nancy, 1851-3. Later on, he was Director of 

 the School. " Correspondent " of the Academy of Sciences 

 1872. In 1873 was charged with a mission to America to 

 study phylloxera-resistant vines and the way he performed 

 his mission is a matter of history. Author of " Eucalyptus 

 globulus" (Revue des Deux Mamies, January, 1875). 

 Director, Botanic Gardens, Montpellier. Died at Mont- 

 pellier, 1st April, 1888. An account of a memorial to him, 

 with an illustration, will be found in the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle for 13th April, 1895. 



He is commemorated by Drosera Plohchoni, Hook. f.= 

 /). Metusiesii, K.Br. var. albiflora; Onaphalium Phtnehoni, 

 Hook. 1. = IlnoitWi Planohoni, Book, i,; Eucalyptus Plan- 

 choniana, F.v.M. 



Verreaux, J. P. This Frenchman, resident in Tasmania, 



of his writings. If I can get further particulars) of him I 

 will gladly make them known. He was styled " Xatura- 

 aliste," and was elected a member of the Tasmanian 

 Society, 2nd January, 1813, see p. 74, Tas. Journ., Vol. n; 

 see also p. 159, where he is called J. P. Yerreaux. In a 

 list of members, at p. 160, his address is given as Hobart. 

 •• Nov. Hull, spfdrnine niilii humanis-iine o'nlato ,-ihii jnultis 

 aliis plantis Nova; Hollandie, a Celeb. Inventors Verreaux dam 

 hoc anno 1850 in nostra urbe degebat. Plurimas etiam alias 



limits of my paper, the name of Anthelnie Thozet (1820- 

 1878) should not be forgotten. He was a resident of Rock- 



