From Ferdinand von Mueller to Antoine Hesse   [Oct 1868]

[M. Hesse transmet un paquet de graines d'Australie qu'il a reçu de M. Von Mueller, et parmi lesquelles se trouvent le Casuarina equisetifolia, l'Exocarpus cupressiformis et des Eucalyptus que notre dévoué confrère pense devoir prospérer en Algérie.]

[Mr Hesse transmits a packet of seeds from Australia that he had received from Mr Von Mueller, among which were Casuarina equisetifolia, Exocarpus cupressiformis, and some Eucalyptus that our devoted colleague thinks should prosper in Algeria.]

Casuarina equisetifolia

Eucalyptus

Exocarpus cupressiformis

Letter not found. The text given here is from Bulletin de la Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation, series 2, vol. 5 (1868), p. 869. The letter is dated to October 1868 as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been reported to the meeting of the Society held on 18 December 1968.

Please cite as “FVM-68-10-00c,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/68-10-00c