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From Mary Bate to Ferdinand von Mueller   16 Apr 1884

Mountain Views

Tilba Tilba

April 16th 1884

Dear Sir

I am sending by this mail some Gum Leaf Blossom & Bark of one of the Gum Trees the Blacks call Wul-Wul they make their Conoes1 of the Bark

I remain

Yours Truly

Mary H. Bate

1

Canoes?

2

MS had been extracted in 1965 from a folder of Eucalyptus bosistoana at MEL, but the specific folder was not noted.

Please cite as “FVM-84-04-16a,” 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/84-04-16a