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From John Cole to Ferdinand von Mueller   26 Oct 1883

Richmond Nursery1

Oct 26. 1883

To Baron von Mueller

Dear Sir

Seeing in the Argus of this morning a notice of your report on the “Jack Hallis” grass2 I take the liberty of sending a sample of Grass I think is the one you refer to the variety I forward is rapidly spreading over the whole of my grounds especially over the the3 uncultivated portions, cattle do not like it and it is not nutritious.

No 2 is a grass I found here a few years ago it remains green all winter is very tussocky but does not spread freely cattle are very fond of it I sowed a row of it in the Dandenong Ranges & during the whole of the winter it grows & remains green.

No 3 is an annual Very soft is very easily pulled up spreads rapidly & is eagerly eaten by cattle but whether nutritave or not I cannot tell, it is a very easy grass

I trust you will not think me troublesome in thus trespassing upon your valuable time.

I am

Yours faithfully

John C. Cole

1

Melbourne.

2

Argus, 26 October 1883, p. 7, col. e.

3

Word repeated in going from one page to the next.

4

MS found with a specimen of Bromus diandrus (MEL 2128304). MS annotated by M: ‘Answ 27/10/83 FvM’. Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-83-10-26b,” 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/83-10-26b