25/6/95.1
The byefollowing seeds (fruits) of Verticordia grandis, dear Dr Dyer, have just freshly arrived from the Murchison-River.2 I would advise that the capsules be cautiously opened and the one or more perfect seeds be taken out and sown unencumbered by the floral envelopes and be sown in sandy-moory soil and also sandy-clayey and experimentally also in other mixtures of soil. Naturally this V. and V. oculata grow on sand plains, but their area is very limited and nowhere are they gregarious. If the seeds are liberated for sowing, the seedlings will have the best chance at their earliest state to fix themselves to the soil.
I hope soon to get the fruits also of the indescribably beautiful V. oculata. If you have them once, doubtless these two magnificent V. could be multiplied from cuttings (of not too old wood) with bottom-warmth under a bell-glass
Always regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller
Encourage me kindly in letting me know whether you had any success in this promising culture.
Verticordia grandis
Verticordia oculata
Please cite as “FVM-95-06-25a,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/95-06-25a