[M. le baron Von Mueller annonce l'envoi de graines de diverses espèces d'Eucalyptus]
[Baron Von Mueller announces the sending of seeds of various species of Eucalyptus]1
Eucalyptus
Later in the same meeting, Albert Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire spoke (p. 392):
A propos de l'envoi annoncé par M. Von Mueller, M. le Président fait connaître l'importance considérable prise dans ces dernières années, par la distillation des feuilles d'Eucalyptus, dans notre midi, dont la matière première est fournie, pour la majeure partie, par l'élagage des arbres.
[With regard to the reported consignment by Von Mueller, the President indicated the considerable importance taken in recent years by the distillation of Eucalyptus leaves in our Midi, the raw material of which was supplied, for the most part, by pruning the trees.]
Letter not found. The text given here is from Revue des sciences naturelles appliquées, vol. 39, part 1 (1892), p. 390. It is dated to January 1892 as the latest date that the letter could have been sent to have been read at the meeting of the Société nationale d'acclimatation on 19 February 1892.
Please cite as “FVM-92-01-00a,” 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