["W. Young."—The plant sent by you has been identified by Baron von Mueller as Inula graveolens. It is a native of the countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. This is a very intrusive weed, and as it is not eaten by stock it takes the place of good fodder plants. It should be pulled before the seeds ripen and the plants burned as quickly as possible, or the seeds (of which there are myriads) will mature.]
Inula graveolens
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'The Yeoman. Answers to correspondents', Australasian (Melbourne), 30 May 1896, p. 103. Assuming that the reply would be published in the next available issue in this weekly newspaper, it is dated to 22 May 1896 as the likely earliest date it would have been sent.
Please cite as “FVM-96-05-22a,” 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