Westwood
River Forth
Tasmania
15th Dec. 1894
Dear Baron Von Mueller,
I am sending by this post a number of botanical Specimens from Mount Bischoff.1 Those that are loose (not tied with string) are from within fifty feet (as to level) of the apex of the mountain; those that are bound with string are from a lower level where the soil is of better quality though about a hundred feet higher than the adjacent table land and are all from the south side of the mountain which is exposed to the coldest winds. I have included a leaf of blandfordia2 but something, I think goats, seem to have been cropping this plant on the mountain.
Please inform me as to the names of those specimens I have numbered 1, 2 and 3 and of the specimens with the red and blue berries.
with kind regards
yours truly,
James Smith
P.S. No. 1, which seems to me to be a variety of native laurel, has when in a state of rottenness in scrubs, a very offensive smell.
J.S.
Blandfordia
Please cite as “FVM-94-12-15,” 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