From A. N. Grant1    21 September 1885

Hillston2 21 September 1885

Baron

You will oblige me very much if you will be pleased to allow me trouble you for the Botanical name of the enclosed sprig of Acacia. It grows on the Stony Ranges about 80 miles from Hillston between this and the Murrumbidgie3 & is an Excellent Fodder

Pray Baron excuse me for troubling you so often

I have the honor to be

Baron

Your much obliged humble servt

A. N. Grant

 

The Baron Ferd Von Mueller

Melbourne

Victoria

 

Acacia

1
Letter found with a specimen of Acacia doratoxylon (MEL 101330).
2
NSW.
3
Murrumbidgee River, NSW.

Please cite as “FVM-85-09-21e,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/85-09-21e