Camperdown1 12th Feby 1878
Dear Sir
I send under seperate cover a cutting from a plant now growing in my garden and request that you will be good enough to inform me as to what order this specimen belongs, and also give the botanical name. I may state that twelve months ago while riding in the Ecklin forest ten miles south of Terang,2 I found this plant growing upon an alluvial flat covered with rough grass, heavy clay soil. I secured a root and planted it in my garden where it has grown vigorously and is now in full bloom.
Yours faithfully
William E Scott
Please cite as “FVM-78-02-12,” 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