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RB MSS M46, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 81.04.14aPreferred Citation:
William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-04-14 [81.04.14a]. 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/1880-9/1881/81-04-14a-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026
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MS found with a specimen of
Eustrephus latifolius
(MEL 2270827). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 18/4/81'. Letter not found.
April 14 /81
My dear Baron,
I have forwarded to you by this Post (on the matter of
D. myoporoides
) a letter from Mr Shepherd.
He had not written to me for months.
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Duboisia myoporoides.
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Enclosure not found.
Miss Scott
has promised to do some thing for you in the way of Cryptogams. I dare say she will communicate with you.
I have also urged Mr Hamilton & Mr Colley to do some thing.
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Harriet Scott.
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Letter not found.
Miss Scott sent me the other day
Dampiera stricta
& what I suppose to be D.
fasciculata
. Bentham restricted the latter to W. Australia, but I see D'Candolle refers it to
the East as well. Miss Scott's two plants are decidedly different. She is making drawings
of them.
I have to thank you for sending my book
to Trübner & Co. They are pleased with it & have ordered some copies.
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Probably Woolls (1879), a substantial text; Woolls (1880) is a short work, with a 5-page introdution followed by a 50-page tabulation of plants found around Sydney..
When I was at the Grose
the other day, I was looking for
Epacris Calvertiana
, but I did not find it. The enclosed, I suppose, is
E. pulchella
(very near
riparia
). The
Aristida
from the same place is finer than the species here & in Parramatta.
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Grose River, NSW.
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NSW.
By the way, I have not heard whether you recd my Mudgee
specimen of
Eucalyptus dealbata
! I hope it has not gone astray.
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NSW.
Can you tell me the name of a beautiful kind of Blue Pea from the New Hebrides? I
enclose a leaf & fragment of flower, but, as Miss Scott is cultivating it, I hope
to get better specimens. It does not seed here
Yours very Sincerely
W. Woolls
Baron Mueller
Melbourne
Aristida
Dampiera fasciculata
Dampiera stricta
Duboisia myoporoides
Epacris Calvertiana
Epacris pulchella
Epacris riparia
Eucalyptus dealbata