To William Thiselton-Dyer   13 May 1885

13/5/85

 

I am glad to learn, dear Mr Dyer, that you have Xanthorrhoea gracilis growing.1 Did you raise it from the seeds, which I after much trouble was able to procure fresh some years ago?2

Regardfully

your

Ferd. von Mueller.

 

Xanthorrhoea gracilis

 
1
See note 9 in M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 January 1885 (in this edition as 85-01-25a).
2
The Kew Inwards Book 1878-1883 records two consignments of X. gracilis seeds: p. 240, dated 28 July 1880, and p. 319, dated 5 July 1881.

Please cite as “FVM-85-05-13b,” 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 18 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/85-05-13b