E. Globulus would of course only thrive on your higher mountains, but the tropical lowland species such as E. drepanophylla, often distributed at my private expense in the interest of the Eucalyptus cause, should have a good chance even in your flat country. All seeds sent during later years to you were a personal gift of my own.2
Eucalyptus Globulus
Eucalyptus drepanophylla
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Eucalyptus', Bulletin of the Botanical Department, Jamaica, vol. 2, part 2 (1895), p. 17 (B95.02.01), a work that includes many extracts from M’s Eucalyptographia. It is is introduced by
Baron Sir F. Von Mueller, Government Botanist in Melbourne, writes in October last, calling particular attention to the paragraphs printed below on the hygienic value of Eucalyptus, in his well-known and magnificent work Eucalyptographia. In his letter he says,
Fawcett followed this quotation with the remark: 'Planchon, 30 years ago, in the Revue des Deux Mondes, called him as regards E. Globulus the Prophet, and Mons. Ramel, the Apostle'.
Please cite as “FVM-94-10-00a,” 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