Bunding Nursery Avenel1
Nov 9th 1875
Baron Mueller
Govt. Botanist Melbourne
Sir
Will you please tell me the name of the fern of which I enclose spore cases. It is a tree-fern — grows in running water — fronds (hairy base) 6 or 7 ft long, with short stem of two or three ft: grows in granite ranges near Avenel.
Please inform me too if I may trouble you in this way for information when I come across a strange plant.
I am Sir,
Yours Obediently
W E Lewis
Please cite as “FVM-75-11-09,” 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