24/3/66
Dear Collegue.
I received not the Deodar seeds you so generously again secured, they undoubtedly having been left behind at Galle,2 where much of the Steamers good was left for despatch next month I have sent you by this mail seeds of the following highly useful trees.
Eucalyptus fissilis Ferd. Mueller3
Eucalyptus obliqua l'Heritier
Eucalyptus amygdalina Labillardière
Acacia Melanoxylon R Brown
I find in many cases the Deodar seeds do not germinate. Whether it is imperfection of albumen or chemical alteration of the seed by age that destroys the viability, I cannot say, But these kinds of seeds are more shy in germinating than even any others of Coniferae here unless Araucaria Cunninghami & A. excelsa. — All the plants raised by us as Pinus longifolia have turned out Pinus excelsa. You will see in my garden plan,4 that I am still wanting entirely of many of your Himalaian pines & all your Oaks except Q. lanata. Acorns if fresh collected rendered well dry & put into small canvas bags would travel quite well. […]5
Acacia Melanoxylon
Araucaria Cunninghami
Araucaria excelsa
Coniferae
Eucalyptus amygdalina
Eucalyptus fissilis
Eucalyptus obliqua
Pinus excelsa
Pinus longifolia
Quercus lanata
Please cite as “FVM-66-03-24d,” 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 28 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/66-03-24d