The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [Our zealous colleague adds that in a letter he received recently, Dr. Mueller remarked to him that Australian Emus ¶ 'Casoar' denoted both ‘cassowary’ and ‘emu’ in the early 19th century. Here, it mu...

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63.12.00c

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Prospero Ramel, 1863-12 [63.12.00c]. 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/1860-9/1863/63-12-00c-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from Bulletin de la Société impériale zoologique d'acclimatation, series 2, vol. 1 (1864), p. 148. The letter is dated to December 1863 as the latest likely date that it could have been written and been reported by Ramel to the meeting of the Society held on 5 February 1864.

[Notre zélé collègue

Ramel: the earlier part of the summary is concerned with his offer of seeds of Japanese early wheat.

ajoute que dans une lettre qu'il a reçue récemment, M. le docteur Mueller lui fait remarquer que les Casoars d'Australie se reproduiraient facilement en France, si on les plaçait dans des parcs où des massifs bien fourrés leur seraient ménagés.]

[Our zealous colleague adds that in a letter he received recently, Dr. Mueller remarked to him that Australian Emus

'Casoar' denoted both ‘cassowary’ and ‘emu’ in the early 19th century. Here, it must mean ‘emu’ since the Australian cassowary was not yet known to science.

would easily reproduce in France if they were placed in parks where thickly vegetated hills would be provided for them.]