▁Dr . ▁William ▁Mac G ill iv ray , ▁his ▁son ▁Dr . ▁Ian ▁Mac G ill iv ray , ▁Edmund ▁Dow , ▁Maurice ▁M aw by ▁and ▁many ▁others . ▁Morris ▁became ▁widely ▁recogn ised ▁for ▁his ▁botan ical ▁expert ise , ▁urban ▁tree ▁plant ation ▁work , ▁his ▁propag ation ▁and ▁contributions ▁of ▁plants ▁to ▁residents ▁and ▁civ ic ▁bodies ▁in ▁Bro ken ▁Hill , ▁and ▁for ▁his ▁firm ▁belief ▁in ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁re - est ab lish ing ▁veget ation ▁around ▁the ▁city ▁by ▁f encing ▁and ▁allowing ▁the ▁native ▁veget ation ▁to ▁naturally ▁reg ener ate . ▁ ▁Bot any , ▁e col ogy , ▁conservation , ▁rest oration ▁ ▁As ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁tal ents ▁as ▁a ▁botan ist , ▁e colog ist ▁and ▁conservation ist , ▁Albert ▁is ▁best ▁remembered ▁and ▁celebrated ▁for ▁the ▁natural ▁reg ener ation ▁area ▁enc ir cling ▁the ▁city , ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" Bro ken ▁Hill ▁reg ener ation ▁area ", ▁that ▁he ▁conce ived ▁and ▁worked ▁to ▁establish . ▁▁ ▁Morris ▁achieved ▁national ▁and ▁international ▁recognition ▁as ▁an ▁expert ▁on ▁ar id ▁zone ▁Australian ▁fl ora , ▁and ▁correspond ed ▁with ▁many ▁prominent ▁Australian ▁botan ists . ▁He , ▁with ▁Margaret , ▁made ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁about ▁ 8 0 0 0 ▁plant ▁spec im ens , ▁the ▁bulk ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁don ated ▁to ▁the ▁Wa ite ▁Institute ▁in ▁South ▁Australia ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁This ▁collection ▁is ▁now ▁pre domin antly ▁held ▁by