[In a private letter addressed to a gentleman residing in Perth, Baron Sir Ferd v. Mueller, states that having now in progress a work on acacias,1 similar in character to his quarter volume on eucalyptus,2 he is anxious to obtain "good fruiting branchlets" of the acacia found around Champion Bay.3 What the Baron wants, we understand, is branchlets having pods containing ripe seeds.]4
B87.13.04, B88.13.01.
i.e. Eucalyptographia.
WA.
The report concludes as follows: ‘We have no doubt that some of the Baron’s many friends at the Bay, will, at the right season, November or December, obtain the specimens he asks for, and forward them to his address at Melbourne.’
Letter not found. For the text given here, see West Australian, 18 September 1886, p. 5.
Please cite as “FVM-86-09-00,” 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