Dear Mr. Webb,
If you asked, probable1 the Resident Magistrate at King George's Sound would engage you after Easter to plant Marram grass on the shifting sand of the coast. Arrangements could be made easily here to send tons of weight of plants at the commencement of the cool season ready for planting out. The Hon. the Premier and the Hon. the Minister of Lands would be sure to be in favour of such an arrangement with you.
Always Regardfully yours,
Fred2 von Mueller.
P.S. — Please show the enclosed print to the editor of the local paper.3
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Typesetter's error for Ferd.?
M's letter was followed by an extensive extract of an article headed 'Marram Grass.—Psamma arenaria' from the Leader (Melbourne), 2 December 1893, p. 8, reporting the success of Marram grass on the sand dunes at Port Fairy, including the quotation that is the source of S. Avery to M, 18 November 1893 (in this edition as 93-11-18b).
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Marram Grass', Australian advertiser (Albany, WA), 12 February 1894, p. 3 (B94.02.03). It is introduced by 'Baron Von Mueller has written to Mr. W. Webb naturalist, of Albany, with regard to Marram grass as follows:'
Mail steamers took about a week from Melbourne to Albany, for example Oruba cleared out of Melbourne 3 February 1894, and arrived 10 February, and very early February as the latest date that the letter could have been written
Please cite as “FVM-94-02-00,” 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