[THE DESIGNATION OF THISTLES.
A communication was read from Baron von Mueller, stating that in order to ascertain the exact name of any of the very numerous kinds of thistles which were known to exist, it was necessary to have specimens submitted in full development. The small seedling sent by the council had not even the leaves well developed.]
Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Meredith Shire Council on 16 February 1887, in Geelong advertiser, 17 February 1887, p. 4.
Please cite as “FVM-87-02-00a,” 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