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From Andrew Grant to Ferdinand von Mueller   12 Aug 1882

Hillston1 12.8.82

Baron

The principal grass here is that of which I enclose a specimen It does not however stand the summer well for after it seeds early in November or at latest in the beginning of December it is gone until the autumn rains unless the summer is a wet one

There is an acacia here in leaf and appearance like but electing for a hibitat the driest red clays and arid sandhills. It is not so tall by any means as acicia2 decurrens and is very prolific in Gum. It is a very pretty plant and many of them much more beautiful than others3

Dear Baron

Yours faithfully & respectfully

A. N. Grant

The Baron Von Mueller

Melbourne

Acacia decurrens

1

NSW.

2

i.e. 'acacia'.

3

See also A. Grant to M, 4 September 1882 (in this edition as 82-09-04a).

4

MS found with a specimen of Austrodanthonia caespitosa (MEL 2125680).

Please cite as “FVM-82-08-12a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/82-08-12a