From John Brown   May 1881

WOODS AND FORESTS.

South Australia. 1

Memorandum

From

CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS,

forest board office ,

adelaide.

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

Govt Botanist,

Melbourne.
 

My dear Baron,

May I trouble you to favor me with the names of the two Eucalypti, specimens of which I enclose:

No. 1. I found growing on sandy ridges in the South East; a low spreading tree with somewhat dense foliage; in patches along with the Stringybark.

No 2 — a large tree growing along with E. Rostrata in the swamps at Mt. McIntyre near Mt. Gambier.2 Has a rough and apparently persistent bark.

Please refer to the numbers when you write. Apologising for troubling you.

I am

My dear Baron

Yours very truly

J. E. Brown3

 

Eucalyptus Rostrata

 
1
The SA coat of arms is included in this letterhead.
2
SA.
3
The second specimen is accompanied by one of M’s Herbarium labels on which he has written: 'Eucalyptus Stuartiana, F.v.M. Near Mt Gambier with E. rostrata in swampy ground. J. E. Brown'.

Please cite as “FVM-81-05-00,” 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 18 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/81-05-00