He was superseded by Allan Cunningham (whose faithful friend he was) on 12th February, 1837. He was Superintendent from February, 1838, until his death on 22nd April, 1842. Buried in Devonshire-street Cemetery; remains removed to La Perouse, 1901. His New South Wales plants are in various herbaria. The genus Andersonia, R.Br. (Epacridacese) does not primarily commemorate James Anderson (as is stated by some authors), but William Anderson, Surgeon and Botanist of Cook's 3rd voyage. See also (1), (3), (4).
Atkinson, Caroline Louisa Waring (1834-1872). Born at Oldbury, 8 miles from Berrima, 25th February, 1834. A daughter of Mr. J. J. O. Atkinson. Married in 1870 Mr. James Snowden Calvert (who accompanied Leichhardt on his first expedition). She spent nearly all her life at 44 Fernhurst," Kurrajong Heights, and she collected largely for Rev. Dr. Woolls and Mueller. Many of her plants are recorded in the "Flora Australiensis," and in Mueller's "Fragmenta." She possessed considerable literary gifts, and besides writing Australian tales, illustrated by herself, she wrote country sketches for a number of important papers, containing notes on the botany, etc., of the Hawkesbury district. She died 28th April, 1872, leaving a daughter. She was interested in zoology, and was an expert taxidermist. She was an excellent botanical artist, delighting in depicting the native flora. She was known to her intimate friends by the name of "Dianella." She is commemorated by the Loranthaceous genus Atkinsonia, also Erechthites Atkinsoniæ, F.v.M. and Epacris Calvertiana. A horticulturally distinct fern called Doodia Atkinsonii (a form of D. caudata) was named after her. See (6), p. 77. I am indebted to Mr. H. Selkirk for some of the above particulars. [For portrait see Plate 14.]
Backhouse, James. See p. 62.
