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From William MacDonald to Ferdinand von Mueller   4 Dec 1892

Kempsey,1 December 4th 1892

My Dear Baron Von Mueller

Eucalyptus No 2192

Herewith enclosed please receive a fruiting branchlet of our smallest leaved Grey Gum tree. Smooth grey bark resembling Saligna3 and E tereticornis but the leaf is much smaller than either.

Yours faithfully

Wm MacDonald

Baron Von Mueller KCM.G

Melbourne

Eucalyptus Saligna

Eucalyptus tereticornis

1

NSW.

2

Marginal note by MacDonald.

3

Eucalyptus saligna.

4

MS found with a specimen of Eucalyptus seeana (MEL 707277). MS annotation by M: 'Answ | 9/12/92'. Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-92-12-04a,” 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/92-12-04a