The Leader Office
MELBOURNE 28, Decr 1887
My dear Baron,
The enclosed was sent by Mr R. Whatmore, Smeaton,1 who says:— It is growing among the crop in a paddock at Smeaton and has smothered or killed all the crop where it appears. When the ground was ploughed, two good horses were unable to drag the plough through its matted roots until loosened with a crow bar. On digging down two feet roots were found as thick as a man's wrist.
Faithfully Yours
W. Elliott
Please cite as “FVM-87-12-28,” 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