Dear Sir
I enclose a few cotton pods, from trees growing wild on the Aroona Creek Nor. Ter.1 originally propagated from a tree planted by Mr Giles2 several years ago, there are now several healthy trees, and when I saw them last month they were masses of snow white cotton, and I thought a sample would interest you. I have not yet been able to collect the baobib nuts for you as they were out of season at the time I was at the Victoria Riv. but I shall take the first opportunity of securing some.
I have noticed several tree inscriptions and initials of your old exploring party,3 and the figures are distinct and perfectly legible.
Let me know if there is anything I can do for you, or any particular specimen you may want
Yours very truly
Joseph Bradshaw
Palmerston
Norn Territory
July 25th 1894
i.e. Northern Territory. All places named by Bradshaw are in NT.
Probably Alfred Giles, who had charge of sheep at W. J. Browne's property at Aroona Creek in the 1870s (Chronicle (Adelaide), 7 March 1835, p. 66).
North Australian Exploring Expedition, 1855-6.
MS found with a specimen of Gossypium barbadense (MEL 2040538).
Please cite as “FVM-94-07-25a,” 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