Melbourne bot. Garden
26/6/73.
Sir
I have the honor to transmit to you herewith such seeds of foresttrees as are available in the seeds magazine of the bot Garden at this moment, to which supply after further sorting others may yet be added, while also new supplies will gradually come in reciprocally. It is however not customary to keep seeds of these kinds in the store and placed aside unutilized, as most of them retain their vitality only for a very limited period and are therefore sown almost immediately after arrival. A considerable number of seedlings of forest trees, from seeds gradually sown for some months past or even before that time, are in one of the Nurseries of the botanic Garden.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obed. serv.
Ferd. von Mueller,
Direct. botan Garden.
The honorable the Minister of the Lands Department1
Seeds for the Forest Department
from the Botanic Garden of Melbourne.2
(As a rule imported seeds are not kept in the magazine for any length of time; most of those now transmitted were only retained till the weather should become a little dryer and warmer, when they were to have been sown in the nurseries.)
Abies Nordmanniana about 2½ lbs
Abies Menziesii
Abies Pichta
Abies Sibirica
Picea orientalis
Pinus Haleppensis3
Pinus Pinea
Pinus Abies
27 species & varieties of Coniferae, small papers
Betula alba 1 lb
Tilia Europaea var. parviflora ½ lb
Pinus Lambertiana about 2½ lbs
Sequoia (Wellingtonia) gigantea ½ lb
| Pinus longifolia | } |
| Pinus Gerardiana | } |
| Picea Webbiana | }together ¼ lb |
| Cedrus sp. | } |
| Cedrus Deodara | } |
| Cedrela sp | |
| Flascal 1½ lb | }The Mexican name only is given. |
| Ahuehuete 10 oz | }As no specimens were sent with the seeds, |
| Cedro Ramosa 6 oz. | }the different kinds could not be determined. |
| Sabino 1½ lb | } |
| Acer Tataricum. |
Abies Menziesii
Abies Nordmanniana
Abies Pichta
Abies Sibirica
Acer Tataricum
Betula alba
Cedrela
Cedrus Deodara
Coniferae
Picea orientalis
Picea Webbiana
Pinus Abies
Pinus Gerardiana
Pinus Haleppensis
Pinus Lambertiana
Pinus longifolia
Pinus Pinea
Sequoia gigantea
Tilia Europaea var. parviflora
Wellingtonia gigantea
On 27 June the Secretary for Agriculture, A. Wallis, minuted: 'I think it desirable that the seedling forest trees referred to by the Govt Botanist should this season be planted out in nursery rows, and for that object I would recommend their transfer to the State Nursery. By adopting the above course the greater part of them will become available for distribution during next season.' The Assistant Commissioner for Crown Lands and Survey, C. Hodgkinson, concurred on 30 June and ordered the seeds to be transferred accordingly.
List written by Georg Luehmann.
Pinus halepensis?
Please cite as “FVM-73-06-26,” 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