H. M.1 Police Barracks
Glendhu2 21st April 1883
Dear Baron von Mueller
As my last specimens of flowers &c of the Eucalyptus you asked me to collect for you were carried a long distance and somewhat old,3 I take the opportunity, having found a tree in flower near at hand, of sending you some that are fresher and better pressed.
I have not yet succeeded in securing any flowers or seed pods of the E. Torelliana4 but will not fail to send some on to you should I be fortunate enough to find any
I trust the specimens of the sea grass from Cardwell5 have reached you ere this and with much regard, Believe me
Sincerely Yrs
Brab. R Stafford
The E. Cooperiana6 differs very slightly from the ordinary box tree in appearance. In favorable localities it attains a height of about 100 feet with a girth of about 12 feet at the butt. Bark less fissured than the common box and more resembling that of the messmate. Leaves very glossy and dark green — very abundant and throwing a good shade. Wood resembling that of the common box but not quite so inlocked and easier to split. Apparently very useful for posts &c. I have now noticed specimens of it from Lucy creek to the falls of the Herbert near Cashmere, but in no locality did I see any great number together.
Will notify any other particulars that I may notice
B.R.S7
Eucalyptus Cooperiana
Eucalyptus Torelliana
Her Majesty's.
Qld.
See B. Stafford to M, 10 April 1883.
See B. Stafford to M, 26 February 1883 (in this edition as 83-02-26b).
Qld. See B. Stafford to M, 10 April 1883.
See B. Stafford to M, 26 February 1883 (in this edition as 83-02-26b).
What is presented here as a postscript is on a separate sheet and may be part of a different letter.
MS found with a specimen of Eucalyptus howittiana (MEL 1610553), collected by Stafford at Rockingham Bay, Qld, 1883.
Please cite as “FVM-83-04-21,” 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