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From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle   [July 1889]

[The accompanying illustration (fig. 36, p. 251)1 represents, on a reduced scale, a branch of Banksia marginata, for which we are indebted to Baron Von Mueller. It will be seen that the upper surface of the leaf is rolled back from the tip towards the base.]2

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Banksia marginata

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The anonymous article continues by discussing other cases of curled leaves, with a comment on the mechanism that produces the effect, although the mechanism 'does not help us to the reason why'.

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Letter not found. For the text given here, see 'Curled leaves', Gardeners' chronicle, 31 August 1889, p. 250. It is dated to July as the latest likely date for the letter to have been sent for it to be reported in this issue.

Please cite as “FVM-89-07-00a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/89-07-00a