The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 28/6/66 ¶ Dear Doctor ¶ ¶ I have sent by this months mail to you seeds of 10 species of Eucalyptus & of 30 spec of Queensland plants ¶ ¶ ¶ I also have taken the liberty to enclose a parcel for Dr ...

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Thomas Anderson, box 2, letters from various originators 1859-68, vol. 1, no. 163. 66.06.28a

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Bambusa arundinacea
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Bambusaceae
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Eucalyptus
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Indigofera tinctoria
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Isonandra gutta
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Manihot usitatissima
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Quercus lanata
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Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Anderson, 1866-06-28 [66.06.28a]. 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/1860-9/1866/66-06-28a-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

28/6/66

Dear Doctor

I have sent by this months mail to you seeds of 10 species of & of 30 spec of Queensland plants

Letter not found.

I also have taken the liberty to enclose a parcel for Dr Henderson

Probably George Henderson.

for the Agri–Hort. Society of Lahore

Your regardful

Ferd Mueller

Without wishing to be immodest I would mention that I have of all Indian only which when once established under glass is quite hardy here. Could you cause a case to be filled with a collection of all Bambusaceous species? It would be splendid for lining the margin of my new Lake. Of spices we have scarcely any & though they will not endure our climate, it would be interesting to have them represented in my houses. Have you Manihot usitatissima ?

Manihot utilissima?

Of Indian Oaks I have only one from Europe imported specimen of . How are acorns in quantity to be procured? Isonandra Gutta is also still wanting in our collection & the true Assam tea. So also and the Mountain Rice and all the Indian Willows and even

The Calcutta Botanic Garden was acknowledged as a donor of growing plants in M’s next report on the progress of the Melbourne garden (M to J. Grant, 14 September 1868), but without any details as to species.

The enormous work of repairing flood-damage & then to make the excavations during a season of unexampled drought withdrew me from the herbarium; but you will have your due share of plants.