Memorandum
From J. Holdsworth,
Family & Dispensing Chemist.
Pall Mall Sandhurst. 2
Aug 15th 1887
To Baron Von Mueller
Melbourne
Dear Sir
Enclosed please find a sample of herb growing on the Yanko3 plains 20 miles S. W. of the Murrumbigee N.S.W. it frequents sandy hills & grows quite close to the ground in fact a creeper. When fresh it is quite purple on the back of leaf, and sheep soon after eating get dizzy & die, the drover who brought me this states that he lost 300 out of 4000 sheep during one night Seeing a paragraph in the Argus4 re sheep poisoning Thought this would be of interest to you, I should be glad to know its history if you should think it worth while to investigate into it
Yours truly
J H B Holdsworth
Please cite as “FVM-87-08-15,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/87-08-15