The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ Australian Mistleto ¶ .—Of several most handsome species of Loranthus, two, namely, Loranthus celastroides and L. pendulus, are so frequent in the vicinity of Melbourne as to prove very destructive...

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 1866-04 [66.04.00d]. 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/1860-9/1866/66-04-00d-final.odt>, accessed May 9, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from the Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette , 28 July 1866, p. 709 (B66.07.01). By comparison with the letter dated 26 March 1863 (in this edition as 66-03-26d), published in the 23 June issue (B66.06.02, B66.06.03), this letter is dated to April 1866, as the most probable month in which it was sent.

Australian Mistleto.—Of several most handsome species of Loranthus, two, namely, and L. pendulus, are so frequent in the vicinity of Melbourne as to prove very destructive to the Eucalypti. many a fine large tree becomes disfigured by dead limbs through these parasites, if not checked in their growth. Indeed, it involves in the Melbourne botanic Garden and its arboreta the exclusive labour of one man through several months of the year to destroy the Mistletoes, otherwise they would so copiously produce their berries as to be carried through the agency of birds over the whole plantations. Not only are Acaciae, Eucalypti, e, e, Exocarpi, e, and other native trees much infested by them, but also , Robinia Pseud-Acacia, Apple trees, and other fruit trees. Ferd. Mueller.