To William Hooker   30 April 1863

Melbourne bot. Garden

30/4/63

My dear Sir William.

Our mutual friend, the Rev. Mr Ewing of Tasmania has kindly offered to convey to you a small consignment & so I have chosen a parcel of Gastrolobium bilobum, gathered in W Australia in a wild state. It occurs to me as desirable, that this vegetable poison should be subjected to careful chemical analysis and as you are, for Prof. Harvey's sake in constant communication with Dr W. Sonder, the latter Gentleman would, I have no doubt, afford the means of seeing this sample carefully transmitted for analysis to Prof. Dr Wittstein of Munich.

Very regardfully

ever yours

Ferd Mueller.

 

Gastrolobium bilobum

Please cite as “FVM-63-04-30b,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/63-04-30b