From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Sociedad Rural Argentina   [Feb 1874]1

[Tambien ha recibido últimamente la Sociedad Rural una pequeña cantidad de semilla de Eucaliptos Sideroseylon,2 procedente de Australia, en viada por el Sr. Muller. Los señores socios que deseen ensayarla pueden pedirla á la Secretaria de la Sociedad Rural.]

[The Rural Society has also recently received a small amount of Eucalyptus sideroxylon seed, from Australia, sent by Mr. Muller. Members who wish to test it can ask the Secretary of the Rural Society.3]

Eucaliptus Sideroseylon

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Mas semillas' [More seeds], Anales de la Sociedad Rural Argentina (1874), vol. 8, p. 190. It is dated to February since it appears in the same issue (June 1874) as M [per G. Luehmann] to Eduardo Olivera, 24 February 1874 (in this edition as 74-02-24a).

Typesetter's or editor’s misreading of Eucalyptus sideroxylon? Eucaliptos was a common spelling in Spanish.

A list of about 40 members who received seeds was published in the following month’s issue, pp. 230-1.

Please cite as “FVM-74-02-00,” 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/74-02-00