[At the last meeting of the Horticultural Society, Mr Brewster, gardener to the Benevolent Asylum, exhibited a variety of eucalyptus unnamed,1 which he sent to Baron Von Mueller for description. It appears from the baron's reply that this is his red flowering variety of Eucalyptus Cuoxylon:2 it extends from the south of Queensland through New South Wales and Victoria to South Australia, but not to West Australia, North Australia, or Tasmania It is a very useful tree, growing nearly as quick as the bluegum, with wood very durable, like the ironbark. It is also very ornamental when in flower.]
Eucalyptus Cuoxylon
At the meeting of the Ballarat Horticultural Society held on 2 February 1876, Brewster exhibited a Eucalyptus 'new to the district' (Ballarat star, 3 February, p. 2, col. e).
Typesetter's error for leucoxylon?
Letter not found. The text given here is from Ballarat courier, 18 February 1876, p. 2, col. d.
Please cite as “FVM-76-02-00a,” 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