From Joseph Maiden   27 August 1891

THE TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney 27th August 1891.

Sir,

On behalf of the Trustees of the Technological Museum of New South Wales, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the donation mentioned on the following page, and to convey to you their best thanks for the same.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

J. H. Maiden.

Chairman.

 

To Baron F. von Mueller K.C.M.G. etc

Government Botanist,

Melbourne

 

Kino of smooth barked variety of

Eucalyptus leucoxylon

South Australia

 

Kino of Northern Box

Eucalyptus hemiphloia var. albens

South Australia.1

 

Eucalyptus leucoxylon

Eucalyptus hemiphloia var. albens

 
1
These samples are recorded as entries 1848 and 1849 in the stock book of the Technological Museum, (Archives, Powrhouse Museum, Sydney). They are also listed for 26 August 1891 in MRS 89, Day book, 1890-1910, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Maiden (1890, 1892) describes the results of his chemical analyses, which were directed at finding patterns of kino types useful for classification of the eucalypts.

Please cite as “FVM-91-08-27,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/91-08-27