Cambewarra, Shoalhaven, New South Wales,
April 13th 1890.
Honored Sir,
We have been successful in obtaining flowers of the tree, whose fruit, leaves, and bark, I sent you some time ago,1 and which you declared to be new to you. I am surprised at finding the flowers at this time of the year; the tree is damaged by fire at the root which probably accounts for its flowring at this time. We discovered the flowers with the aid of a small telescope; we did not fall the tree, so we can get more flowers if the enclosed sprays get damaged in transit.
I remain, yours respectfully.
Thomas Weir.
Please cite as “FVM-90-04-13,” 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