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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Adelaide Chamber of Manufactures, 1878-09. 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/1870-9/1878/78-09-00-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Forest culture', Leader, 18 January 1879, p. 8. The letter is dated to September 1878 on the basis that a letter from M was read at the meeting of the Chamber of Manufactures on 13 September 1878 and referred to the Timber Trees Subcommittee to be prepared for publication (South Australian chronicle and weekly mail, 21 September 1878). The sub-committee report was adopted on 17 December 1878 (Adelaide observer, 21 December 1878, p. 6).
[The following report is furnished by the Timber Tree Sub-committee of the Adelaide Chamber of Manufactures:— Baron von Mueller expresses pleasure that the Chamber have taken up the important subject of forest culture with so much spirit and vigour. He is unable to comply with the request of the committee
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Letter not found.
to supply samples of forest timber from Victoria, as only two specimens
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species?
of eucalyptus—the redgum and the manna eucalyptus—grow near Melbourne, and the collection of sample specimens would involve a larger sacrifice of time and money than he can afford. He says he is anxious to extend his
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i.e., B79.13.11 and subsequent decades of Eucalyptographia.
to the species of the Northern Territory, but fears that unless he receives further substantial help from beyond Victoria he must abandon his idea.
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The report continues by summarizing experiences of growers and others, including advice from the newly appointed Conservator of Forests, J. E. Brown.
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