14/9/89
The handsome shrub, of which you sent me branchlets in flower, dear Mr Read, is the Eremophila oppositifolia. I should like much, to have seeds (ripe fruits) of it later in the season. Could any Amateur-Lady be induced to put into envelopes for me there all sorts of minute plants, either in blossom or in seed? Among them would be much rarity in a season like this, when the spring-vegetation has through much rain become so much developed. Floating and submerged weeds, if ever so small, would also be very valuable as material for my studies from a region like yours.
Regardfully
your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Eremophila oppositifolia
Please cite as “FVM-89-09-14a,” 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 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/89-09-14a