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As regards the leaves of the variety, we liave them as small as 2 inches long by half an inch broad 
(and incidentally it may be mentioned that the leaves of B. latifolia are up to 10 inches and more long). 
The small-leaved forms are, as a rule, more entire (sometimes they are as entire as B. integrifolia usually 
is, and this assists in the confusion of this species with the variety now under discussion). Another 
character, also not an absolutely constant one, but often a useful guide, is that the under surface of the 
midrib of B. latifolia var. minor is very often clothed with a dense covering of reddish-brown hairs. 
The fruits and seed, together with the sucker-growth, prove that our variety is entirely distinct 
from B. integrifolia. 
To a less extent the same is true in regard to B. marginata. Its dissepiments and seeds are 
distinctly different from those of B. latifolia var. minor, not to mention other difference-'. At the same 
time, the two plant-i have to our knowledge been frequently confused. 
The sucker-growth of var. minor is also quite distinct from both that of B. integrifolia and 
B. marginata, as is also the young growth. 
We have seen a specimen (absolutely matching one of our specimens of var. minor) in Allan 
Cunningham’s handwriting, in the Melbourne Herbarium, labelled Banksia paludosa, R.Br. It is not the 
true B. paludosa , but not unlike it in general appearance, particularly in the long cylindrical spike, as 
figured in Bot. Reg. t. 697, under B. paludosa. (Maiden and Caulfield, in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W., xxiii, 
265, 1898.) 
Botanical Nailie. — Banksia, in honour of Sir Joseph Banks ; latifolia, 
from two Latin words, latus, broad; folium, a leaf. 
The nature of the services of Sir Joseph Banks in diffusing a knowledge of 
the botany of Australia can hardly he exaggerated, and I beg to draw attention to 
a work I have written, entitled “ Sir Joseph Banks : the Father of Australia,” 
which has very special interest for Australians. It contains reproductions of two 
of the Banksias collected by Sir Joseph Banks at Botany Bay in 1770, when New 
South Wales was discovered ; these were drawn and engraved by Sir Joseph’s 
artists shortly afterwards. 
Demy 8vo., 243 pp., super-calendered paper, full cloth bound, blocked in gold, with 64 illustrations. 
Comprising reproductions of Captain Cook’s original charts of “ New South Wales ” (including 
modern Queensland) ; of Botany Bay and of the Endeavour River; numerous portraits and illustrations of 
scenery. 
Price, 5s. ; postage, 6 d. extra. To be obtained from all Booksellers. 
This work has been prepared by the author at a not inconsiderable personal expense, and the 
manuscript and material for illustrations have been conveyed by him to the Executive Committee of the 
Banks’ Memorial Fund, free of cost. 
An endeavour is made to present an impartial account of the life and work of Australia’s greatest 
early friend, at whose instigation it was colonised by Britain, and who tenderly watched over its interests 
during the first years of settlement. The companion of Cook, Banks’ reputation has to some extent been 
dulled by the glamour which has surrounded the name of the great circumnavigator. 
The money received from the sale of this work will be handed over, without deduction of any kind, 
to the Banks’ Memorial Fund, for which subscriptions, however small, are earnestly solicited. Subscribers 
to the fund will, of course, decide the form the memorial shall take. One suggestion to be submitted to 
subscribers is that it shall consist of a replica of Sir Francis Chantrey’s beautiful statue of Sir Joseph Banks 
in the British Museum, London {see illustration No. 61 of Mr. Maiden’s work), to be placed in the vestibule 
of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, where so many of the Banks’ manuscripts have found a home. 
Any surplus money will be applied to commemorate Sir Joseph Banks in some other educational 
manner, e.g., a University prize, scholarship, &c., in botany. 
