[Dr. F. Von Mueller calls our attention to certain plants meriting introduction into British and other conservatories; among them are two, both in cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Garden, and which deserve particular praise. Boronia megastigma. — It is loaded for many weeks of the spring with its black and yellow flowers, and exhales a most powerful aromatic perfume; so much so, that the presence of the plant in any garden at flower-time is recognised at long distances. It is easily multiplied from cuttings. Eucalyptus ficifolia. — A South-west Australian tree, so called on account of the resemblance of its leaves to Ficus rubiginosa. Indeed, its broad leaves, horizontally placed, render the tree very umbrageous, and in aspect very different to most kinds of Eucalyptus. In many respects the plant is allied to Eucalyptus calophylla, but the panicles are crimson; hence the tree when in bloom is a splendid object to behold, the red trusses of the copious flowers being visible at a long distance.]
Boronia megastigma
Eucalyptus calophylla
Eucalyptus ficifolia
Ficus rubiginosa
Letter not found. The text given here is from Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette, 12 November 1870, p. 1502. It is dated to late September as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been reported in this issue.
Please cite as “FVM-70-09-00c,” 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