The Leader Office
MELBOURNE 15/5 1889
My dear Baron,
Will you kindly oblige me with the names of the enclosed grasses? They are from the Upper [Yarron].1
Faithfully yours
W. Elliott
Yarra? However, Smeaton, where the specimen with which this letter was found was collected, is nowhere near the Yarra River, and the specimen is not a grass. The letter may not have been sent with the specimen with which it was found.
MS found with a specimen of Silene vulgaris subsp. vulgaris (MEL 1596117), collected by R. Whatmore at Smeaton, Vic, December 1887.
Please cite as “FVM-89-05-15,” 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