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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Yeoman, and Australian acclimatiser, 1862-05 [62.05.00d]. 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//letters/1860-9/1862/62-05-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'A new grass', Yeoman, and Australian acclimatiser, 10 May 1862, p.1. The article discusses Cynodon dactylon, dogs-tooth grass, and states: 'We think this description of grass would well repay the sheep-farmer for a little trouble bestowed on its cultivation'. The article was reprinted in Argus, 16 May 1862, p. 3, and Cornwall chronicle (Launceston, Tas.), 21 May 1862, p. 2.
[It is, also, Dr. Mueller informs us, indigenous in the north-west districts of this continent.]
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Mueller listed two different species of Cynodon from north-western Australia in M to W. Hooker, 18 June 1856 (B56.11.01) and C. dactylon as found in Victoria in B53.10.01, p. 21. By 1873, M noted that C. dactylon was to be found all over the Australian continent, but not naturally in Tasmania or New Zealand (B73.11.03, p. 113).