Document information

Physical location:

Uncatalogued archive box, School of Mines and Industries Ballarat Limited Museum, Ballarat. 82.08.23

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Examination Paper, Ballarat School of Mines, 1882-08-23. 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/1880-9/1882/82-08-23-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS is in M's hand and signed and dated by him. Annotated on the back: 'M.S. Question papers. July Term Exam papers'. The register of letters inwards, School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat, records the receipt of a letter from M 're examinations', dated 23 August 1882; letter not found. See also A. Berry to M, 22 August 1882 (in this edition as 82-08-22a).
1, Set forth the main-differences between Dicotyledonous and Monocotyledonous plants and contrast therewith again the marks of distinction of Acotyledonous Plants.
2, Give the principal characteristics of the Order of
Malvaceae

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.
3, Enumerate the most important utilitarian plants of the Order of
Cruciferae

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.
4, Explain the anatomic structure of
Eucalyptus

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wood.
5, State what plants of the Order of
Ranunculaceae

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occur in the vicinity of Ballarat.
Ferd von Mueller
23/8/82.