PULTENAEA ROSEA1 is one of the most local of all plants in existence, being absolutely restricted to the summit of Mount William, in the Australian Grampians, at about 5000 feet.2 This is also the exclusive native locality of Eucalyptus alpina. If plants strong enough for experiment are available, they might be tried in mild places of England as outdoor plants, inasmuch as this Pultenaea has to endure in its native haunts a sub-alpine clime, and is subjected to frosts of more or less severity through several months in the year. In places like Arran in Scotland, the Devonshire coast, and the Channel Islands, it ought to prove perfectly hardy.
Eucalyptus alpina
Pultenaea rosea
An editorial interpolation, '—writes Baron Ferdinand von Müeller—', follows the capitalized text.
Modern sources give the height of Mt William as around 3,800 feet (1,167 m).
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Pultenaea rosea', Gardeners' chronicle, 17 July 1886 (B86.07.02). It is dated to May as the latest month that it could have been sent to appear in that issue.
Please cite as “FVM-86-05-00b,” 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