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Physical location:

GRG 16/3/1 Conservator of Forests letter press copy book, p. 368, Woods and Forests Department, State Records of South Australia, Adelaide. 80.03.16a

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

J. Ednie Brown to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1880-03-16 [80.03.16a]. 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/1880-9/1880/80-03-16a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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Brown wrote to the Forest Ranger, J. W. Love, in March 1880 (before writing the above letter to M) saying: 'I am not satisfied about Sir Ferdinand's ruling that the "Box" and "Peppermint" are the same tree; and in order to examine into and settle the matter I require good specimens of each kind ' (GRG 16/3/1 Conservator of Forests letter press copy book, p. 359, Woods and Forests Department, State Records of South Australia). The specimens referred to in the present letter are probably ones received from Love in response to this request.
16/3/80.
Dear Sir Ferdinand
Many thanks for the 5° Decade of your interesting and valuable "Atlas",
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B80.13.14.
and for your kindly mention of myself in connection with E. Hemiphloia .
We have E. Hemiphloia, E. odorata and E. Behriana growing promiscuously in our Wirrabara Forest
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SA.
and I am still at a loss to distinguish which is which. I find E. odorata very much inclined [...] go into varieties which become confusing.
Please receive herewith three specimens from Wirrabara — No. 1. I take to be E. Hemiphloia .
No. 2. Is this E. odorata ? and again No 3 which one is this? or are the two latter [varieties] [...] the same species?
Apologising for troubling you so much
Believe me
Dear Sir Ferdinand
Yours very truly
J. E. Brown
Sir Ferdinand Mueller
Govt. Botanist