The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Sale ¶ 1st October 1873 ¶ My Dear Sir ¶ ¶ I beg to enclose a plant which is becoming very prevalent in this District the stock avoid eating it and it destroys all other grasses especially English clo...

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Physical location:

RB MSS M1, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 73.10.01

Preferred Citation:

John Allan to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-10-01. 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/1870-9/1873/73-10-01-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

Sale

Vic.

1st October 1873

My Dear Sir

I beg to enclose a plant which is becoming very prevalent in this District the stock avoid eating it and it destroys all other grasses especially English clovers &c I would be very much obliged to you by letting me have the botanical name of it also stating if it is a poisonous weed at your earliest convenience and oblige

Yours most truly

J McM Allan

Inspector of Stock

Baron von Muller

&c&c&c

Botanical Gardens

Melbourne