The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ His worship, the mayor of Brisbane, having kindly transmitted to the Melbourne Botanic-garden a quantity of seeds of the Australian spinach ( ¶ Chenopodium ¶ ¶ auricomum ¶ ), Dr. Mueller will be ...

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65.10.00

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Chenopodium auricomum
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Ferdinand von Mueller to Press release, 1865-10. 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/1860-9/1865/65-10-00-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

MS not found. For the text given here, see Australasian , 28 October 1865, p. 9 (B65.10.08); where the item is introduced by 'we have received the following memorandum from Dr. Mueller:'. The item also appeared as an unsourced news item in both the Age, 13 October 1865, p. 4 and Leader , 14 October 1865, p. 7, with the insertion of 'personally' after 'calling'.

His worship, the mayor of Brisbane, having kindly transmitted to the Melbourne Botanic-garden a quantity of seeds of the Australian spinach (Chenopodium auricomum), Dr. Mueller will be happy to supply some grains to any one calling at the gardens.