Port Mackay
Queensland
July 26, 1881
Dear Baron Mueller,
I have gathered a few plants on Flat Top Island, off Port Mackay, within the tropics, which I shall esteem it a great favour if you will name. The beans saved the lives of a shipwrecked crew a few years ago.
Very truly yours
D Jones
Baron Mueller
(Please address Post Office, Port Mackay.
MS found with a specimen of Canavalia sp. (MEL 726785). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 5/8/81'. Letter not found. Jones not further identified.
Please cite as “FVM-81-07-26,” 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