Chiltern1 December 11th
Baron Müller
Dear Sir
there is a Plant grown in this district cald Sentuary2 I take the libertey to ask you if you would Kindly inform me What its medicinal Propertys ar or in Outher wordes what is its Constantinutial affect taken as a bitter that you may better under Stand what the Plant is I in close a Portion of it — I Simply want it for my Own use
yours Respectfuly
Alexander Vance
Chiltern
Victoria
Vic.
All spelling follows the MS. Centuary?
MS found with a specimen of Centaurium tenuiflorum (MEL 0707779). The specimen sheet also has one of M's herbarium labels in his hand: 'Erythraea australis RBr Chiltern Dec 1887 Al. Vance'.
The year is determined as 1887 from MS annotation by M: 'Answ 14/12/87'. Letter not found. The author is probably Alexander Vance (1827-1889); a much less likely possibility is his son Alexander Robert Vance, born Chiltern 1866.
Please cite as “FVM-87-12-11,” 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