It is called Panicum crus galli. It is a native of Southern Europe and Asia, and is valuable as a fodder plant. A full description is given in his work on select plants.1 2(2) The cotton sent has no seed that could be spun into fibre. It is a native of South Africa, and has no commercial value. (3) We cannot tell the variety of strawberry from a single leaf. Send a small plant.
Panicum crus galli
The current edition was B95.08.04.
As the introduction refers only to the grass being sent to M, he may not have supplied the following two answers.
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Questions and answers', Weekly times, 23 May 1896, p. 30 (B96.05.03). It is introduced by 'Village Settler, Shepparton.— We have submitted the grass sent to Baron Von Mueller. He reports as follows:—‘.
Please cite as “FVM-96-05-00f,” 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