From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Leader   [Jan 1896]

[Centranthus Macrosiphon.— E. A. Moodie, Coleraine.1— The judges were wrong in disqualifying your collection of annuals for containing Centranthus macrosiphon. We referred the matter to Baron von Mueller, and he has shown us by the best authorities that it is an annual and not, as they contend, a perennial.]

Centranthus macrosiphon

Vic.

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Answers to correspondents', Leader, 11 January 1896, p. 13.

Please cite as “FVM-96-01-00b,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/96-01-00b