Mount Gambier1
9/2/76.
The Undertreasurer
Sir
In reply to your memorandum 17562 I have the honor to suggest, that the £25 transmitted for the purchase of seeds to the Agent General may be expended in obtaining seeds of the Marrem or large Bent-Grass (Psamma arenaria) and of the Sea Lyme Grass (Elymus arenarius) and of the Lupinus arboreus and Lupinus albiflorus3 from some reliable London Seedsman, so that these plants may be raised as early as possible during the next cool season in large quantity to arrest the influx of the coast sands between Warnambool and Belfast, where the rich agricultural land is more and more covered by the sanddrift. Dr Hooker, C. B., the Gov. Botanist of England, would be sure to oblige the Agent General in the selection of well-matured seeds of good freshness.4
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient
Ferd. von Mueller.
Elymus arenarius
Lupinus albiflorus
Lupinus arboreus
Psamma arenaria
Please cite as “FVM-76-02-09,” 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 29 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/76-02-09