The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [ ¶ Besides, there is another thistle very like the "carduus avernis,” ¶ Carduus arvensis? ¶ and inexperience may lead to mistakes. I do not know the name of this thistle, although the late lament...

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87.00.00f

Plant names

Carduus avernis
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Bacchus, 1887 [87.00.00f]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/87-00-00f>, accessed May 10, 2025

Letter not found. The text given here is from a letter to the editor by D. Ryan, complaining that the Thistle Act was not being enforced, in Bacchus Marsh express, 7 April 1888, p. [3]. M's letter may have been written earlier than 1887.

[Besides, there is another thistle very like the "carduus avernis,”

Carduus arvensis?

and inexperience may lead to mistakes. I do not know the name of this thistle, although the late lamented Mr. W. H. Bacchus showed me in 1887 a letter he had from the learned Baron Von Mueller, describing the proportions, but owing to the peculiar caligraphy neither of us were able to decipher the name—but read "It is a native of western South America, and will not do great harm."]