[ (The Kennedya Stirlinii.1)
Baron von Mueller sends us seeds of a plant which for some years past has been regarded as a great boon to pastoralists and explorers in Western Australia, and which he thinks should be tried in the dry regions of the Lower Murray and Darling. It is a variety of the Kennedya (Hardenbergia), which is wrongly termed "Sarsaparilla" by the colonists, and which in spring so decorates the bush with its clusters of blue, pea-like blossoms. The plant under notice, however, bears white flowers and grows erect, not having the twining habit of the variety common to Victoria. It grows freely from seed, roots very deeply and gives a good breadth of fodder, of which stock are reported to be fond. We shall sow an experimental patch and duly report as to the behaviour of the plant at Mildura]2
Hardenbergia
Kennedya Stirlinii
Typesetter's error for Stirlingi?
There is no entry for the species under either Kennedya or Hardenbergia in B88.12.01, but there is a very brief entry under Kennedya Stirlingi in B91.09.01 and B95.08.04: 'South-Western Australia. This perennial bulky herb is highly praised as a pasture plant by Mr. Ch. Harper.'
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Useful Fodder Plant', Mildura cultivator, 10 September 1890, p. [3].
Please cite as “FVM-90-09-00i,” 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