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From J. W. Love to Ferdinand von Mueller   14 Jan 1883

Wirrabara Forest,

South Australia

January 14/83

Esteemed Sir,

I forward by same mail two specimens of Eucalypti found by me lately in this forest.

"No 1." from a high, bleak hill soil shallow and sandy of a reddish hue, and calcareous. A very upright slender bush some five feet high one long thin stem branching out into a bushy thick head branchlets of a yellowish red long and very slender. Bark, smooth and redish brown towards the base, but as it nears the extremities of a shining bright yellow, found among the Mallee Scrub and dwarf Acacias somewhat sheltered position, not at all common.

No 2 — A tall Mallee, smooth bark, yellowish, decorticating in half cylinder shreds. Of somewhat weeping habit, very thick foliage at top otherwise "clean" stem; some 10 or 14 feet high soil as No 1. in fact I found the two together.

I shall feel obliged if you will please give me name of the two vars1

I beg to forward seed as wished.

I am, Sir,

Your obedt. Servant,

J. W. Love

Forester.

Baron Ferd von Mueller, K.C.M.G., &c.

Melbourne

Acacia

Eucalyptus

1

varieties?

2

MS found with a specimen of Eucalyptus anceps (MEL 80647). MS letterhead: 'JWL'. MS annotation by M: 'Answ 22/1/83 FvM'. Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-83-01-14,” 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/83-01-14