Aramac1
May 12th 1886
Baron von Mueller Esqr &c
Dear Dr
I send you a pretty little flower root and all its the only one of the kind that I have seen in Queensland or else where. I have only one little spot where I know that it grows at a place called Tower Hill — I don't know the name of it You will please let me know its name. I am getting specimens of all the gums that I can for you But I don't know how to send them without crushing them Its bad time here to get any specimens of any kind, as the drought is so bad not even grass or water in this district — I have no friends or acquaintances in the far north to send or get me any specimens as you desired
I planted the grass seeds that you sent me,2 they came well but want a good deal of water to make it grow well
Yours &c
Dr M. Matheson
Aramac Queensland
Please cite as “FVM-86-05-12a,” 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