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Ferdinand von Mueller to Sander and Sons, 1876 [76.00.00b]. 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/1870-9/1876/76-00-00b-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026
1
Letter not found. The text given here is from an advertisement for 'Eucalypti oil'
manufactured by Sander and Sons, Camperdown chronicle, 30 January 1877, p. 4. The letter is dated to 1876, since this is when Sander and
Sons began manufacturing the product, announced as a 'New Local Industry' in Bendigo advertiser, 27 July 1876, p. 2. Advertisements from November 1876 carried a general statement
that the firm held 'letters and certificates of foreign and home scientific authorities,
acknowledging the excellent quality of the Essence. Baron von Mueller, Government
botanist; Dr Cruikshank, Health Officer here' (Bendigo advertiser, 25 November 1876. p. 4). An exchange of letters to the editor between Sander and
Sons and Joseph Bosisto appeared in the Bendigo advertiser in July and August 1876, where Bosisto pointed out that he had been producing oil
for about 15 years, and Sander and Sons claimed that their product was much purer
than his distillations.
2
sic; the display advertisement with this wording appeared in the Camperdown chronicle until at least 27 June 1879.