Burwood N.SW
Nov 26/89
My dear Baron,
I went to Parramatta1 yesterday on purpose to see the "Salt Bush" which the late Mr Neale had planted in his garden many years ago & found to my dismay that some stupid gardener had destroyed it!
This bush was between 5 & 6 ft high, spreading around for several feet, & growing from one stout root or stem. I think it might have attained a greater height if it had not been trimmed. This plant must have been more than 20 years old. The plants that I saw on the Castlereagh2 were smaller, but then they had been eaten by sheep & cattle.
All I can do now is to procure for you some specimens of Chenopodium triangulare as soon as ready, & to get from some friend in the interior some specimens of the other3
I should say R. hastata4 differs in being much larger, having generally opposite & thicker leaves, a greater number of stamens, & a stouter habit. The little fruit of C. triangulare is red, however
Yours very sincerely
William Woolls
Chenopodium triangulare
Rhagodia hastata
Please cite as “FVM-89-11-26,” 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