Lismore.1 25 Octr 76.
My dear Baron von Mueller,
I send you two small packets Clematis Seed No 1 best & No 2 It was all I could procure as there was some very tempestuous weather about the time of it's ripening and moreover I unfortunately had the lumbago at the time and was unable to go out. When I did make the attempt, I had to go on foot as I had used some stuff that blistered me severely, from the effects of which I am still suffering. I send you also specimen of Flindersia Greavesii, our finest brush tree. It was obtained under difficulties as there were no blacks about and I had to obtain it by means of a gun as the trees were too large to fell. It does not appear to blossom until it arrives at a considerable age. On the contrary very small trees of Flindersia Oxleyana blossom. Of the former there will be much seed this season but the latter is hard to get as the cockatoos eat it on the tree. It is also a fine lasting timber and not so easily burnt as the Flin. Gre. which will burn green. I have a lot of specimens to send which I will do so soon as I have time to make them up. Although of late I am more at Lismore than Casino2 the latter is my permanent address and I also send anything I want to go safe by that Office as there is a coach thence to Lawrence on the Clarence.3 I hope you get what I send without being much knocked about. You have not noticed Nos 140 & 150. How many varieties of Achras are there here? There are 3 distinct fruits I know, not referring to any fruit of the kind that grows on a thorny tree. I am, My dear Baron, yours truly
Charles. H. Fawcett.
Baron F. von Mueller
&c &c &c
Melbourne.
P.S. If you want any duplicates of anything I have sent within a year, for the purpose of sending away, I can let you have them.
Achras
Clematis
Flindersia Greavesii
Flindersia Oxleyana
Please cite as “FVM-76-10-25,” 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