The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [Baron ¶ von Müller ¶ writes that he has lately experimented on the ¶ Fibres ¶ of Antholyza, Watsonia, and other large Irideae of South Africa. The fibres are excellent. As these plants are so vig...

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72.08.00c

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Antholyza
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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 1872-08 [72.08.00c]. 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/1870-9/1872/72-08-00c-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from the Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette , 19 October 1872, p. 1386. The letter is dated to late August as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been reported in this issue.

[Baron von Müller writes that he has lately experimented on the Fibres of , , and other large of South Africa. The fibres are excellent. As these plants are so vigorous of growth, and so easily reared, it seems likely that these fibres will come into commercial use.]