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From D. H. Maitland to Ferdinand von Mueller   17 Oct 1871

MAITLAND & Coy

Oct. 17. 71

CHEMISTS ROCKHAMPTON1

Professor Von Mueller

My dear Sir,

I should feel extremely obliged if you could afford me any information concerning enclosed.2

It is here called the "Poison plant" and has caused great destruction amongst cattle and horses — We have had a very dry season; and the grasses are naturally dried almost to tinder, and animals are driven to eat any green stuff they can get at. They seem to eat of this with avidity, but it invariably occasions death in a few hours; being to all appearance a powerful inflammatory poison — No one here appears to be at all acquainted with it

I am, my dear Sir,

Yours very truly,

D. H. Maitland

1

The date is written inside the oval of an embossed letterhead.

2

No idetails of the enclosed found.

Please cite as “FVM-71-10-17,” 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/71-10-17