The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ ¶ [For many years Australian gums, wattles, and blackwoods have been planted largely at Lahore and many parts of the Indian highlands; and by a recent letter from a resident at Lahore Dr. ¶ Muell...

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68.02.00d

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[…] to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1868-02 [68.02.00d]. 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/1860-9/1868/68-02-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. For the text given here, see Argus, 28 March 1868, p. 4.

The correspondent has not been identified, but in M to J. Grant, 14 September 1868, M acknowledged receipt of living plants from the 'Agri-Horticultural Society', 'C. Amery', and 'Dr Henderson', all of Lahore.

It is probable that the latest the letter could have arrived is 18 March, when the mails arrived from Europe, via Galle, from which the mail steamer departed on 26 February (Argus, 18 March 1868, p. 5; 19 March 1868, p. 1 S).

The extract was introduced by 'It may be interesting to Australians to know that while the introduction into Australia of timber trees from foreign countries is regarded as an important object, our native trees are appreciated, abroad and cultivated largely, on account of many useful qualities which they possess.'

[For many years Australian gums, wattles, and blackwoods have been planted largely at Lahore and many parts of the Indian highlands; and by a recent letter from a resident at Lahore Dr. Mueller has been informed that trees of this kind, grown from seeds sent by him years ago, now constitute the main reliance of the inhabitants for fuel.]