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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 1870-09 [70.09.00c]. 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/1870-9/1870/70-09-00c-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette , 12 November 1870, p. 1502. It is dated to late September as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been reported in this issue.
[Dr. F. Von Mueller calls our attention to certain plants meriting introduction into British and other conservatories; among them are two, both in cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Garden, and which deserve particular praise.
Boronia megastigma

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. — It is loaded for many weeks of the spring with its black and yellow flowers, and exhales a most powerful aromatic perfume; so much so, that the presence of the plant in any garden at flower-time is recognised at long distances. It is easily multiplied from cuttings.
Eucalyptus ficifolia

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. — A South-west Australian tree, so called on account of the resemblance of its leaves to
Ficus rubiginosa

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. Indeed, its broad leaves, horizontally placed, render the tree very umbrageous, and in aspect very different to most kinds of Eucalyptus. In many respects the plant is allied to
Eucalyptus calophylla

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, but the panicles are crimson; hence the tree when in bloom is a splendid object to behold, the red trusses of the copious flowers being visible at a long distance.]