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RBG Kew, Miscellaneous reports 7.7, Victoria, Miscellaneous 1861-1916 (MR/412), f. 344. 79.07.27a
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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1879-07-27 [79.07.27a]. 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/1870-9/1879/79-07-27a-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026
27/7/79
This small sample of Silk & Cocoons,
dear Sir Joseph, may prove of interest to your Museum, in as much as this sample
demonstrates, that Silk of excellent quality can be obtained from
. This is important, as farms can be surrounded by this splendid hedge-bush and thus
food for the Bombyx Mori be gained without sacrificing ground for Mulberry trees.
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MS annotation: Museum / Sept 27/79 / Cocoons Small.
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With best regards
Ferd. von Mueller
The experiment was here made on my instigation,
as I had contradictory accounts about the adapatability of the Osage-Orange leaves
for silk-purposes from America.
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See A. Timbrell to M, 24 July 1879.