From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette   [Nov 1868]

[We owe to the kindness of our valued correspondent, Dr. Ferdinand von Muller, the following list of trees and shrubs on which Loranthus pendulus and L. celastroides have been observed growing, in the Botanic Garden of Melbourne :—

Acacia saligna

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longifolia

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decurrens

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pycnantha
Acer Pseudo Plantanus
Amygdalus communis
Callistemon rugulosus
Casuarina quadrivalvis
Crataegus Oxyacantha
Cytisus Laburnum
Eucalyptus calophylla

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odorata

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melliodora

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rostrata
1Eucalyptus viminalis
Melaleuca ericifolia
Negundo fraxinifolium
Oxylobium callistachys
Podalyria styracifolia
Poinciana Gillesii2
Quercus pedunculata

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Robur
Robinia Pseud Acacia
Salix Babylonica
Ulmus suberosa
Virgilia Capensis]

Acacia decurrens

Acacia longifolia

Acacia pycnantha

Acacia saligna

Acer Pseudo Plantanus

Amygdalus communis

Callistemon rugulosus

Casuarina quadrivalvis

Crataegus Oxyacantha

Cytisus Laburnum

Eucalyptus viminalis

Eucalyptus calophylla

Eucalyptus melliodora

Eucalyptus odorata

Eucalyptus rostrata

Loranthus celastroides

Loranthus pendulus

Melaleuca ericifolia

Negundo fraxinifolium

Oxylobium callistachys

Podalyria styracifolia

Poinciana Gillesii

Quercus pedunculata

Quercus Robur

Robinia Pseud Acacia

Salix Babylonica

Ulmus suberosa

Virgilia capensis

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Poinciana gilliesii?

Letter not found. The text given here is from the Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette, 26 December 1868, p. 1338 (B68.12.03). The letter is dated to early November as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been reported in this issue.

Please cite as “FVM-68-11-00a,” 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/68-11-00a