["Westernport,"— The plant growing freely in the roads of your district is described by Baron von Mueller as the British pennyroyal (Mentha Pulegium). Like ail other mints it is a honey plant. The pennyroyal should not be allowed to grow on pasture land, as it is perennial, and therefore difficult to get rid of. It is a medicinal plant, acting powerfully as a stimulant, and a pungent oil may be distilled from it; it may also be used as an insecticide.]
Mentha Pulegium
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'The Yeoman. Answers to correspondents', Australasian (Melbourne), 9 February 1895. p. 245. On the assumption that M's information would be published in this weekly newspaper in the next available issue after receipt, M's item is dated to 1 February 1895 as the likely earliest date it would have been sent.
Please cite as “FVM-95-02-01a,” 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