5/10/83.
It seems to me, dear Mr Blackett, that the quantity of 100 grammes leaves to 100 cubic centimeters Alcohol is very large as regards leaves in proportion to the Alcohol. Could there be an error. To my mind the expression fluid extract is very misleading. Why not call it simply an alcoholic tincture as in olden times?1
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Please cite as “FVM-83-10-05a,” 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