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RB MSS M5, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 77.12.28
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Preferred Citation:
Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-12-28. 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/1870-9/1877/77-12-28-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026
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MS annotation by M: 'Answ 6/1/78. F.v.M.' Letter not found.
Robert St. Brisbane
Dec 28th 1877
Baron F. von Mueller
Dear Sir
Let me wish you a happy new year and hope that your trip to Western Australia has
been beneficial to your health and also to science have you brought any seed of plants
in any way allied to the Pituri? Dr Bancroft before leaving
wished me to ask you if you obtained any to let him have a few I have been going
through my specimens of the phyllodineous
and have by this mail sent you a set where I had pods & flowers I have sent them
but when I am out I have to take anything I can get so you will often find them imperfect
I should be however obliged if you would at your leisure go through them and correct
where wrong and if possible from the specimens name the rest I have no better specimens of Eucalypts than those I sent The lemon scented Ironbark
from the Palmer River gives a beautiful extract my daughter used some the other day
to flavour a custard and it was beautiful both for flavour & perfume. I will enclose
a small packet in this of the seed it would likely stand your climate
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Dr Joseph Bancroft visited Europe in 1877-8 (Bancroft 1879).
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Ever your obliged
F. M. Bailey