Melbourne,
25 Febr. 1886.
The honorable Alfred Deakin,
Chief Secretary &c
Sir,
In continuation of a former sending1 I have the honor of transmitting herewith a collection of Eucalyptus-seeds for the Governor of Gambia, and beg that such may be forwarded to his Excellency Capt. Alfred Moloney, C.M.G. The present sending comprises eleven species not forwarded before, and will therefore enable his Excellency to extend his highly laudable experiments for introducing the Eucalyptus-trees into Gambia more particularly for sanitary purposes. I shall endeavour to procure additional kinds of these seeds, so that the trial-cultures of the Eucalypts may still more extensively be carried on in British Western Africa.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller.
Contents of parcel now forwarded.
Eucalyptus botryoides.
calophylla.
capitellata.
eugenioides.
Gunnii.
haemastoma.
paniculata.
robusta.
siderophloia.
Sieberiana.
Stuartiana.2
Eucalyptus botryoides
Eucalyptus calophylla
Eucalyptus capitellata
Eucalyptus eugenioides
Eucalyptus Gunnii
Eucalyptus haemastoma
Eucalyptus paniculata
Eucalyptus robusta
Eucalyptus siderophloia
Eucalyptus Sieberiana
Eucalyptus Stuartiana
See M to G. Berry, 24 June 1885 (in this edition as 85-06-24a).
On 3 March 1886, the Under Secretary, T. Wilson, forwarded a copy of M's letter to E. Thomas, Secretary of the Premier's Department, together with M's parcel of seeds, requesting that the parcel be forwarded to Gambia as M proposed (P86/559, unit 87, VPRS 1163/P1 inward correspondence files, VA 672 Premier's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria). On 8 March, Wilson reported to M that 'The seeds have been forwarded as requested'. M returned the file on 9 March 'with best thanks'.
On 13 March 1886, Thomas wrote to Wilson acknowledging receipt of his letter of 3 March and reporting that the parcel had been transmitted as requested (F86/2971, unit 192, VPRS 3992/P, Public Record Office, Victoria).
Please cite as “FVM-86-02-25,” 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