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The compilation of the Catalogue caused work much beyond anticipation, since so 
many plants were received nameless, or under erroneous appellations. For the above reason 
several hundred plants have been excluded which are not yet sufficiently developed for an 
accurate botanical examination. The future annual supplements will furnish ready means 
of measuring the progress of our establishment in this direction. By the contributions 
expected from kindred institutions in many parts of the globe, and by the friendly co-opera- 
tion promised by several of the greatest savants in botanical science, and it is hoped by 
the continued patronage and exertions of the many friends of our garden, we shall probably 
add very extensively to the garden plants from the seeds to be gathered for us at the 
approaching season, and when the dormant state of trees and shrubs with deciduous 
leaves facilitates their transmission from distant countries. Both for interchange, and for 
enriching our own establishment, seedlings of the remarkable and rare plants of the Gram- 
pians were secured at the season favorable for their transit; and Mr. Dallachy, who 
carried out very successfully this part of the service, is now engaged in transferring to us 
from the Mur 1 ay desert those botanical treasures which scarcely any garden yet possesses 
A botanical collector has been employed periodically in the Moreton Bay district, 
and steps have also been taken to secure this season for the garden more yet of the 
singular vegetation of Western Australia than during the preceding one; inasmuch as no 
country, South Africa excepted, furnishes a greater variety of highly ornamental plants 
calculated to resist the dry heat of the Australian summer. 
The contributions towards the Botanic Garden, although not equal to those furnished 
by our establishment, have nevertheless evinced the active interest of many here and 
abroad in our progress, as may be observed from the long list of donations of either seeds 
or plants from the following ladies and gentlemen: — 
Abbot, Francis, Hobarton 
Abel, Hamburgh 
Alley ne, J„ St. Kilda 
Anderson, Colonel, C. B. 
Anderson, Captain, South Yarra 
Archer, W. H. 
Bailey, J., Adelaide 
Balfour, Professor Dr., Edinburgh 
Barbeau, J., Mauritius 
Barker, Mrs., Arthur’s Seat 
darkly, His Excellency Sir Henry, K.C.B. 
Barry, Honorable Judge 
Beanies, Sydney 
Becker, Leopold 
Belu - , Dr., San Francisco 
Belinfonte, Sob. 
Blackett, Collingwood 
BlandowsH, W. do 
Bosisto, J., Richmond 
Brahe, Richmond 
Brandis, G., Adelaide 
Brewster, Sandridge 
Brooke, J. H., M.L.A. 
Brooks, C.. Caroline-street, South Yarra 
Brown, Como 
Brown, Mrs., South Yarra 
Buchanau, W., Sealer’s Cove 
Bull, W. it. 
Bunce, Ik. Geelong 
Burnett, Melbourne 
Burrell, Capt., Williamstown 
Cairns, J ohn, Melbourne 
Campbell, Colin, M.L.A. 
Campbell, D. S., M.L.A. 
Carter, James, London 
Castella, Paul de 
Chamberlain, Prahran 
Chapman, Cli. 
Christie, F. C. 
Cobliam, Mrs. 
Cole, Captain 
Cole, Commissioner, Murray River 
Collier, David 
Couzens, B. 'E., Mount Korong 
Crozier, Dr. 
Dallachy, John 
Dardell, Geelong 
Dick. Matth., IS ew York 
Dickinson, Southport 
Doughty, C. G. 
Dully, Honorable C. G. 
Elliott, Al. 
Embling, Dr., M.L.A. 
Engel, Julius 
Evans, Honorable Dr. 
Ferguson, \V., Heidelberg 
Ferguson, Francis, Camden 
Fish, Emerald Hill 
Ford, W., St. Kilda 
Francis, G., Adelaide 
Galt, A. 
Gill, Jam. 
Gray, Professor Dr. Asa, Boston 
Greatliead, Gardiner’s Creek 
Greevcs, Dr., M.L.A. 
Hall, Plenty ltiver 
Hance, Hr., Hong Kong 
Hance, Castlemaine 
Henderson, E.G. and Son, St. John’s Wood 
Heyne, E. B. 
Hill. Walt., Brisbane 
Hillebrand, Dr., Honolulu 
Hooker, Sir William, Iiew 
Houlte, Louis van, Ghent 
Howitt, Dr. 
Hull, W., Richmond 
Hunter, A. M., Williamstown 
Judd, Thomas 
Kay, Captain 
Kerr, W. 
Krichauff, F., Macclesfield 
Kruse, J. 
Lamford, Edward, Castlemaine 
Lange, Breslau 
Lange, J., Copenhagen 
Las Cascas, Consul 
