Dr. Mueller desires us to state that he would feel indebted to any friend of the Gardens sending prepared specimens of any of the birds to be met with around Melbourne, for the formation of a small cabinet near the Palm House, in order that visitors of the gardens may obtain there an opportunity of inspecting any of the 140 species which, migratorily, periodically or stationarily, visit the gardens. The weeping cherry-tree of the Murray Desert (Exocarpus pendula), in the gardens, is loaded with flowers. Attention is much attracted by the fine bushes of Hakea2 suaveolens, from West Australia, one of the very best of all the hedge plants.
Exocarpus pendula
Hakea suaveolens
Please cite as “FVM-67-05-00o,” 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