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RB MSS M46, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 82.07.29a

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William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1882-07-29 [82.07.29a]. 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/1880-9/1882/82-07-29a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS found with an unclassified specimen of Compositae (MEL 1547331). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 26/8/82'. Letter not found.
Richmond N.S.W
July 29th 1882
My dear Baron,
I am much obliged for your kind remarks on the specimens. Panicum trachyrrhachis puzzles me, as Mr. Bentham calls it a "glabrous" grass.
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Panicum trachyrhachis ? See Bentham (1863-78), vol. 7, p. 490.
The friend who sent these specimens is Mr. Edward Palmer. His station is on the Flinders,
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Flinders River, Qld?
but he is travelling about just now. I have sent him your remarks & also printed papers, but he may not get them for some weeks.
On Monday last, I gave a lecture in Parramatta on the subject of "Books: their origin & progress". Should it be printed I will send you a copy.
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Woolls subsequently sent M a copy of a published account of the lecture which, he said, was from the Sydney Echo; see W. Woolls to M, 23 August 1882 (in this edition as 82-08-23a). However, no such account has been found in a search of that paper covering the relevant dates.
On Thursday, a paper of mine was read before the Linnean on the subject of " The Indigenous Forage Plants of N.S.W." I dare say this will appear by & by in the Transactions.
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Woolls (1883), issued 28 October 1882 (Anonymous (1929)).
I have not seen Mr. Calvert for some time. I should like to see the little girl.
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Eighteen days before Louisa (Atkinson) Calvert died on 28 April 1872, she gave birth to a daughter, Louise (see P. Clarke (1990), chapter 17).
I send you three aquatic plants. As spring comes on I will look for more.
Please tell me whether the enclosed composite is Vittadinia macrorrhiza ?
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V. macrorhiza?
It has spread very much of late in the low lands & rises to 2 feet. The flowers are white & exactly those of a Vittadinia . The Oenothera is spreading also & does not appear to be biennis .
Yours very sincerely
W. Woolls