From John Brown   8 December 1879

Adelaide, 8/12/79

Dear Sir Ferdinand,

Your favor of 2d. inst. received this morning.1 I am glad that you have been able to settle satisfactorily the difference between E. hemiphloia and E. Behriana.2

The Bark of E. Behriana is (though smooth) generally of a dark colour. The tree is as frequently one stemmed as with several stems.

I was up before a Commission on Public Works being held here at present, and quoted largely from your valuable work on "Select Plants."3 I am trying to get our Public Works Dept. to include E. leucoxylon in specifns for Railways &c

Yours very truly

J. E. Brown

 

Baron F. Von Mueller K.C.M.G.

 

Eucalyptus Behriana

1
Letter not found.
2
See J. Brown to M, 28 November 1879 (in this edition as 79-11-28a).
3
B76.13.03.

Please cite as “FVM-79-12-08,” 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 20 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/79-12-08