Melbourne
2 Nov. 1888
Let me express my best thanks, dear Consul Dejardin, for your attentive kindness of sending me the Number of the Ministerial Bulletin for Agriculture, containing the valuable Report on the Wattle-Bark of this colony, furnished by Mons. Maistre.1 Pray convey to him my best acknowledgement for the generous manner, in which he referred to myself on this occasion.
I have retained the publication here for the present; but doubtless it is your only impression; so I will return it in a few days.
At present I have a quarto volume under progress on salsolaceous plants, giving lithographic illustrations of the various Australian species, rather more than 100; so that the best kinds for sheep-pastures in saline regions of mild climes might be easily recognized.2
When the work shall have been completed, some impressions will be offered for your friendly acceptance, as the naturalisation of some species will doubtless become of great importance for some tracts of Country in Southern France, Algeria and Tunis.
Let me remain, dear Consul, regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Please cite as “FVM-88-11-02a,” 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 24 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/88-11-02a