Jerra Jerra
by Cookardinia
via Albury N.S.W.
26th September. 1882
My Lord,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 15th inst. and to thank you very much for your prompt and courteous, as well as lucid reply.1 I am glad to find that we are so far right about the poisonous nature of the bulbous plant, but a great many old residents have an idea that the other is the cause of "Yellows", and it would be a great favor to oblige us with your invaluable opinion, which would set the matter at rest.
As you desire I do myself the honor to enclose some specimens in flower which may enable you better to determine their quality.
The past has been a very bad season for the "Yellows", it having appeared in localities where it was formerly unknown. Even cattle have been affected. I have also found the plant "Drosera peltata" growing quite strong in newly plowed ground.
I have the honour to be
My Lord
Your most obedient servant
John Burns
The Honorable Baron Ferd. Von Mueller K.C.M.G. &c. &c. &c.
Government Botanist
Melbourne
Drosera peltata
Please cite as “FVM-82-09-26,” 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