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From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Port Fairy Gazette   18 Mar 1893

[We on Tuesday last1 received by post a specimen of Coapim grass (panicum spectabile) from the Government botanist, Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, and regarding it we extract the following from an exchange;— 2]

Panicum spectabile

1

20 March 1893.

2

The article continues with a long quotation from an unknown author, with details from B91.09.01 including a quotation concerning the plant's growth in Fiji. A very similar 'exchange' is reported in M to the Portland Guardian, 20 March 1893 (in this edition as 93-03-20b).

At least two packages of the rootstock had been sent to the Port Fairy botanic gardens; see M to J. Prior, 13 March 1893 and notes thereto.

3

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Coapim grass', Port Fairy gazette, 24 March 1893, p. [2]. The letter is dated to 18 March as the most likely date that it would have been sent; this date is consistent with other packages sent to rural newspapers, see M to Bairnsdale advertiser and Tambo and Omeo chronicle, 16 March 1893 and notes thereto.

Please cite as “FVM-93-03-18c,” 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/93-03-18c