Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M59, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 80.04.21

Preferred Citation:

J. Ednie Brown to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1880-04-21. 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/1880-9/1880/80-04-21-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Eucalyptus gracilis (MEL 1610616), collected by Brown at Wallaroo, SA. For a copy of this letter see GRG 16/3/1 Conservator of Forests letter press copy book, p. 411, Woods and Forests Department, State Records of SA, Adelaide.
South Australia
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The insignia of the Government of SA is included in the letterhead.
21/4/1880.
MEMORANDUM
From
CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS,
adelaide .
To
Sir Ferd. Mueller.
Govt Botanist.
Melbourne.
Dear Sir Ferdinand
The enclosed is from the Mallee scrub near Wallaroo on Spencer's Gulf.
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SA.
It forms the chief tree there. Kindly say which species of Eucalypt it is. Is it your E. gracilis ?
Yours very truly
J. E. Brown
Eucalyptus gracilis