Sir,—
Some of the readers of your widely-circulating journal kindly responded to my request of securing any specimens (accessible at this season) of the platypus and native porcupine.1 The dissections of those specimens recently sent having thrown no additional light on the physiological questions concerning these animals, I should feel greatly indebted by your kindly rendering known that a still further supply of these creatures, especially such as might be caught during August and September, will prove highly acceptable. I venture also to mention that I would consider it a great kindness to receive from as many parts of Australia as possible seeds (accompanied by seed-vessels, leaves, and flowers) of any kind of eucalyptus, inasmuch as I wish to study the embryonic structure and the seedling states of these trees.
During September I shall be happy to distribute a number of ova of silkworms to anyone who possesses white mulberry trees.
FERD. MUELLER
Melbourne Botanic-gardens, August 6.
Please cite as “FVM-66-08-06b,” 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