Melbourne Veterinary College1
Brunswick Street
Fitzroy2
January 16th 1895
Baron Ferd Von Mueller. K.C.M.G &c
Dear Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 1st enclosing pamphlet on thistles3 for which accept my best thanks. I beg to say that I am extremely sorry that the full report on tobacco poisoning experiments has not been published unless by the New South Wales Government.4 The report was taken to Sydney by Mr Parr5 and I have lost all trace of it since. I shall however institute inquiries and should it come into my hands or be available I will see that you get a copy.
With best wishes
I remain dear sir
yours faithfully
W T Kendall
MS letterhead includes the coat-of-arms of the College and its motto: 'Pro Beneficio Animalium'.
Melbourne.
B93.07.05.
'Report of the Result of Experiments Conducted at the Melbourne Veterinary College with the View of Ascertaining the Nature and Cause of Epizootic Blindness in Horses in the Darling District, N.S.W.', undated (University of Melbourne Archives, Kendall, William Tyson and [Kendall,] Ernest Arthur, 1/5). The report concludes that the native tobacco, Nicotiana suaviolens, probably causes the blindness. No evidence of the report's having been published has been found. A preliminary report was published in the Australasian, 7 July 1894, p. 10, cols a, b.
Almost certainly Daniel Parr.
Sent as an enclosure with M to W. Thistelton-Dyer, 16 January 1895. Date stamped Royal Gardens Kew. 25. FEB. 95. (The letter to Thiselton-Dyer is date stamped 26. FEB. 95.)
Please cite as “FVM-95-01-16a,” 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