The highest Eucalyptus actually measured in Dandenong was 420 feet high, and I got one measured nearly as high at the Upper Yarra and the Upper Goulburn River,2 the trees being Eucalyptus amygdalina var. regnans. A Eucalyptus at Dandenong also was 295 feet to the first branch, and 365 feet to where the top was broken off, the diameter of the broken part being 3 feet.
Eucalyptus amygdalina var. regnans
Letter not found. The text given here was quoted by Ellery in a letter to R. Abbay, quoted by the latter in an article published in Gardeners' chronicle, 20 October 1877, p. 491 (B77.10.03). The item was reprinted in Australasian, 20 April 1878, p. 506. Late August is the latest likely date that Ellery could have written for his letter to reach Abbay in time to be published in this issue; M's letter to Ellery was at about the same time, as in introducing M’s report Ellery wrote: ‘I have this moment got the following from him in reply to an inquiry I made in order to be quite sure of his experience’.
All places in Vic.
Please cite as “FVM-77-08-00a,” 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