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From William MacDonald to Ferdinand von Mueller   1 July 1892

Kempsey,1 July 1st 1892

My Dear Baron

Herewith under Separate Cover I send you a Specimen of a noble looking tree about 80 ft by 2 ft 6 inches diameter [flinted] trunk rough light colored bark, timber also white prettily grained resembling Maple in fact this tree by some of the old hands is called "white Maple"2 As the timber appears to be of value I have prepared a flitch for exhibit and will be glad if you can name from the specimen now forwarded including leaf, bud and ripe seed Anxiously looking for your reply to my last3 giving nos 168, 169 & 170

I am

My Dear Baron

Yours faithfully

Wm MacDonald

Baron Von Mueller

K.C.M.G

Melbourne.

1

NSW.

2

Identified in the margin as: 'No 171 (White Maple)'.

3

Letter not found.

4

MS found with a specimen of Citronella moorei (MEL 2240569), collected by MacDonald at the McLeay River, NSW, 1892. MS annotation by M: 'Answ 7/7/92'. Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-92-07-01a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/92-07-01a