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José Martinez de Hoz to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-08. 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/1870-9/1870/70-08-00-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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Letter not found. For the text given here, see Anales de la Sociedad Rural Argentina (1870), vol. 4, pp. 344-5. The date is inferred from the date of the letter from Martinez de Hoy to the British Minister in Argentina, E. G. MacDonnell, 24 August 1870 (in this edition as M70-08-24), with which this letter was enclosed.
Al Sr. D. M. F. von Mueller, Director del jardin botánico del Estado de Melbourne — en Australia.
[Buenos Aires]
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editorial addition.
Muy señor mio:
Correspondiendo á los deseos manifestados por la Sociedad de aclimatacion de Queensland, de establecer un mútuo cambio de semillas entre este y aquel pais, la Sociedad que tengo el honor de presidir, se apresuró á hacerle su primer envio de producciones vejetales de esta Republica, con fecha 10 de Noviembre de 1869, por conducto del señor Ministro de Inglaterra en esta capital.
Aquella remesa consistió en una cantidad de semillas de Acacia salteña, Aguaraybay, Añapinday, Espinillo, Tasso y Timbó, productos que especialmente abundan en nuestras provincias del Norte.
Al hacer aquella remesa, en nombre de la Sociedad Rural Argentina, pedi varias semillas indijenas de esa rejion y ofreci repetir los envios en primera oportunidad; mas, como todavia no he recibido contestacion alguna á mi primera comunicacion y como despues, esta Corporacion ha tenido conocimiento del importante escrito de vd., titulado "Australian vegetation" y del honorable cargo que vd. ejerce en Melbourne, ha creido prudente que como representante de ella me dirijiera á vd. en la esperanza de que, sin desvirtuar el mútuo cambio ya establecido entre esta Sociedad y la de Queensland, pueda iniciar tambien con vd. un cambio provechoso para ambos paises, tanto por hallarse vd. al frente de un establecimiento que puede realizar perfectamente esta idea, como por la posicion en que se encuentra esta Sociedad y el espíritu que la anima para corresponder á las atenciones que vd. le dispense.
Es pues por estas razones que me es grato iniciar un cambio de semillas con el Sr. Director del jardin botánic de Melbourne, enviándole el adjunto cajon que contiene la variedad de semillas de árboles y de plantas cuyo detalle y esplicacíon
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explicacíon?
respectiva van inclusos.
Confiando en que vd. aceptará con agrado esta invitacion, me permito indicar á vd. las clases de arboles, indijienas de ese pais, cuyas semillas estimaria enviase vd. en retribucion á esta Sociedad.
Acacias — Melanoxilum, Mollisima, Lophanta, Omalophylla (Myall) y Acuminata.
Eucaliptus — Megacarpa, Colossea, Marginata y Gomphocephala.
Además, forrajes y plantas industriales.
Esta Sociedad no solamente se complace en dar á conocer las riquezas vegetales de este suelo, sino que tambien procura favorecer á la agricultura del pais por medio de las vejetaciones exóticas que puedan ser aclimatadas con provecho.
Saluda á vd. con distinguida consideracion.
José Martinez de Hoz,
Presidente.
B. Victory y Suarez,
Gerente.
[Buenos Aires]
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editorial addition.
My dear Sir,
According to the wish expressed by the Acclimatisation Society of Queensland to establish a seed interchange between our countries, the Society over which I have the honour to preside hastened to make our first dispatch of plant products of this Republic, dated 10 November 1869, through the English Minister in this city.
That shipment consisted of a quantity of seeds of the Salta Acacia,
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i.e. the Acacia of the north-western Argentinian province of La Salta.
Aguaraybay, Añapinday, Espinillo, Tasso and Timbó,
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The species to which these common names refer have not been identified with certainty.
products especially abundant in our northern provinces.
On sending that shipment in the name of the Rural Society of Argentina, I asked for various indigenous seeds of that region and we offered to repeat shipments at the first opportunity, but, as I have not yet received any reply to my first communication,
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The Queensland Acclimatisation Society sent seeds of 31 species or varieties, listed in Anales de la Sociedad Rural Argentina (1871), vol. 5, p. 241.
and also since this Corporation knows of your important publication, entitled "Australian Vegetation",
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Presumably B67.13.03 or one of the other versions of this article.
and of the honourable position which you hold in Melbourne, I thought it prudent that as its representative I should approach you in the hope that, without impairing the interchange already established between this Society and that of Queensland, it might initiate with you too an exchange beneficial for both countries, both as you are in charge of an establishment which can perfectly achieve this idea, and from the position in which this Society finds itself and the spirit which stimulates it to respond to the attention which you grant it.
It is then for these reasons that I am pleased to initiate a seed exchange with the Director of the Melbourne botanic garden, sending to you the accompanying crate which contains the variety of seeds of trees and plants whose respective details and explanation are enclosed.
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Enclosure not found. The text of the letter to M is followed by 'Lista á que se refieren las dos notas que anteceden' [List to which the two preceding notes refer], followed by Spanish common names of 59 species. The letter before that to M is to the President of the Algiers Society of Agriculture, dated 23 August 1872. See M to Sociedad Rural Argentina, I January 1871.
Trusting that you will willingly accept this invitation, I allow myself to indicate to you the classes of trees, indigenous to that country, whose seeds I would appreciate your sending in return to this Society.
Acacias—Melanoxilum,
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melanoxylon?
Mollisima, Lophanta,
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lophantha?
Omalophylla (Myall) and Acuminata.
Eucalyptus­—Megacarpa, Colossea, Marginata, and Gomphocephala.
Also fodder plants and industrial plants.
This Society is not only pleased to make known the wealth of plants of this country, but it also tries to help the country's agriculture by means of exotic vegetation which can be acclimatised with benefit.
Yours sincerely
José Martinez de Hoz
President
B. Victory y Suarez
Manager