["South Gembrook."—Baron Sir Frederick1 von Mueller reports, that No. 1 is Acacia suaveolens, No. 2 Leptospermum scoparium. As to subduing these two kinds of shrubs, it seems advisable to burn them off repeatedly, as pasture animals would not resort to them. These plants like humid ground, and if the locality of their growth was drained they would more readily disappear. It may be necessary to eradicate them actually, though that is a toilsome process. Raising of the cocksfoot grass and other strong perennial pasture plants would help to conquer these shrubs, and would enhance the feeding capabilities of the locality.]
Acacia suaveolens
Leptospermum scoparium
Typsetter's error?
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'The Yeoman. Answers to correspondents', Australasian (Melbourne), 2 February 1895, p. 197. On the assumption that the reply from M would have been published in the next available issue of this weekly newspaper, the item is dated to 22 January 1895 as the likely earliest date it would have been sent.
Please cite as “FVM-95-01-22b,” 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