The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [On behalf of Mr F. Von Mueller, M. Ramel presents a collection of the seeds of ¶ Acacia pycnantha ¶ , a plant that is destined to render the greatest services in the Algerian Sahara, where it will d...

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69.04.00a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Prospero Ramel, 1869-04 [69.04.00a]. 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/1860-9/1869/69-04-00a-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from Bulletin de la Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation, series 2, vol. 6 (1869), p. 386. The letter is dated to April 1869 as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to be reported to the meeting of the Society held on 28 May 1869.

[M. Ramel dépose au nom de M. F. Von Mueller une collection des graines d' , plante qui est appelée à rendre les plus grands services dans le Sahara algérien, où elle se développera rapidement. Il fournit une sorte de gomme arabique; son écorce est de très-bonne qualité pour le tannage, et est aujourd'hui importée, en immense quantité, en Angleterre, pour cette industrie.]

[On behalf of Mr F. Von Mueller, M. Ramel presents a collection of the seeds of , a plant that is destined to render the greatest services in the Algerian Sahara, where it will develop rapidly. It provides a kind of gum arabic; Its bark is of very good quality for tanning and is today imported, in immense quantities, into England for that industry.

The comments on the properties of the gum and bark may have been added by Ramel in making his report.

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