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73.11.00a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Societe d'Acclimatation, Paris, 1873-11 [73.11.00a]. 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/1870-9/1873/73-11-00a-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from Bulletin de la Société d'acclimatation, series 3, vol. 1 (1874), p. 52. The letter is dated to November 1873 as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been reported at the meeting of 9 January 1874.
[M. le baron von Mueller, directeur du Jardin botanique de Melbourne, annonce l'envoi d'une caisse de graines de
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et de Livistona ( Corypha ) australis, deux des plus beaux palmiers de l'Australie.]
[Baron von Mueller, director of the Melbourne Botanic Garden, announces the dispatch of a box of seeds of
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and Livistona ( Coryp ha ) australis ,
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The names were originally printed as Spaforthia elegans et de Livistona (Corypea) australis, but were corrected in an erratum note on p. 160.
two of the most beautiful palm trees in Australia.
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At the meeting of 20 March 1874 it was reported (Bulletin, p 242) that 'M. Cordier, d'El Alia, demande à prendre part à la distribution de graines de
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et de Livistona australis dont M. von Mueller a bien voulu promettre l'envoi à la Société' [Mr Cordier, of El Alia, asked to take part in the distribution of seeds of
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and Livistona australis that Mr von Mueller had promised to send the Society]. The El Alia referred to is almost certainly the locality in Algeria, not that of the same name in Tunisia, as there are official notices in Moniteur algerién of various dates that refer to a M. Cordier of El-Alia.
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