The plant sent from the Darling is the spurious cotton shrub, Gossypium Sturtii, discovered by Captain Sturt nearly fifty years ago.
Gossypium Sturtii
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Horticultural. Answers to correspondents', Australasian (Melbourne), 4 May 1895, p. 826. It is introduced by '"A. S." (Tarcutta, N.S.W.)—We are indebted to Baron F. von Mueller for the following—'. Assuming that M's identification would be published in the next available issue in this weekly newspaper, it is dated to 26 April 1895 as the likely earliest date it would have been sent.
Please cite as “FVM-95-04-26c,” 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