To William Thiselton-Dyer1    5 June 1894

5/6/94.

 
 

As you may wish, dear Dr Dyer, to distribute seeds (fruits) of the best Austral. salt-bushes for sheep-pastures, I have sent a considerably quantity of those of A. halimoides and A. vesicarium,2 [freshly]3 collected in Central Australia; but I have at present no fruits of A nummularium.

In DC's Flore francaise the most northern locality given for A. Halimus, is the entrance of the Loire (47°N.),4 and as the constitution of that shrubby species of Atriplex is likely similar to that of the Australian frutescent species, this would indicate an equal degree of Hardiness; nor could there be any great difference between the climate of Loire coast and that of the South of France. Perhaps you have correspondents also in the Channel-Islands, who would try (thus near to you)5 the Australian Atriplices there for culture. The flocks prefer the Australian inlands saltbushes far to those of the coast, because the latter are too saline.

Regardfully your

Ferd von Mueller

 

Atriplex halimoides

Atriplex Halimus

Atriplex nummularium

Atriplex vesicarium

 
1
Date stamped: Royal Gardens Kew 12. JUL. 94., annotated in black ink by W. Watson 353/1894 (i.e. register number in KewInwards Book of specimens received), and in red ink by ?W. Hemsley: Ackd. 13.7.94 (letter not found). There is a√ in red pencil at the top of the page.
2
A. halimoides and A. vesicarium are underlined in red pencil.
3
A word has been overwritten.
4
Lamark & Candolle (1805-9), vol. 3, p. 384: ' environs de Guerrande près Nantes’.
5
thus … to you interlined ; parentheses added editorially for ease of reading.

Please cite as “FVM-94-06-05a,” 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 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/94-06-05a