 No attempt was made to follow any system of classification and the plates and pages were not numbered, making it difficult for readers to find a particular drawing.Manuscript notes on botanical species including watercolour sketches and diagrams with botanical annotations which were completed by hand by Fitzgerald between 1870 and 1890, and are held by National Library of Australia.The originals of FitzGerald's drawings completed in Sydney published between 1874–94, of Australian orchids including 196 water-colour and pencil drawings with the artists pencilled notes in 2 volumes is held as a part of the Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales.