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80.04.00b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Abraham Fornander, 1880-04 [80.04.00b]. 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/1880-9/1880/80-04-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Wattle Bark ', Pacific commercial advertiser (Honolulu), 1 May 1880, p. 3. It is dated to early April as the latest likely date to have been sent to have been reported in this issue of the newspaper.
[We have received from the Hon A. Fornander, of Lahainai Maui, a pamphlet published by authority of the government, at Melbourne, and forwarded to Judge Fornander by Baron Ferd. von Mueller, a distinguished botanist and scientist,— on the bark of the "Wattle Tree," showing the profit to be derived from its systematic cultivation.
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B78.14.01.
The bark is in great demand in Europe for tanning purposes, is worth $20 a ton, and the tree it is said will grow luxuriantly where nothing else will. We shall again refer to this subject at length.]
3
No article later in 1880 on this subject has been found.