Booral1 20th June 1886
My dear Baron
It is now a long time since I wrote to you for the good reason that I have not had anything of special interest to communicate, I am now however sending you a specimen of which I shall be glad to have your valued opinion
The plant itself, of which I am sending you healthy and diseased twigs, is, doubtless, well known to you — The question in my mind is as to the nature of the blight, is it the result of insect life, or if not what is it? — The shrubs occupy a considerable extent of heath country in this district, and millions of plants are completely covered as you see — Many of the tops of the bushes are dead but are sending up healthy shoots again from the roots — No special development of insect life is observable in the locality —
Hoping my dear Baron these few lines may find you in improved health, with more leasure2
I am faithfully yours
Augustus Rudder
Please cite as “FVM-86-06-20a,” 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