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Ferdinand von Mueller to Christopher Cox, 1879-11 [79.11.00e]. 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/1870-9/1879/79-11-00e-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from National republican (Washington, DC), 9 January 1880, p. 2. It is dated to November 1879 as the latest likely date that Cox’s report that he had received the seeds could have been written, to be mentioned in this issue of the newspaper.
[Dr. C. C. Cox, United States Commissioner to Australia, has received from Baron von Mueller of Melbourne, Victoria, a large quantity of eucalyptus seed which he has forwarded to Washington to be planted on the bank of the Potomac. Should the experiment succeed it will prove a sanitary godsend to the District.]