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Physical location:

RB MSS M59, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 83.03.15

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

J. Ednie Brown to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1883-03-15. 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/1880-9/1883/83-03-15-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of
Eucalyptus leucoxylon

Search for Eucalyptus leucoxylon in

(MEL 1610554). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 20/3/83 FvM'. Letter not found.
Woods & Forests Department,
Adelaide 15/3/— 18 83 .
My dear Baron,
I am much obliged for your kind letter of the 24th ulto.
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Letter not found.
re. my work upon "The Forest Flora of S.A."
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The first part of Brown (1883-90). See J. Ednie Brown to M, 17 February 1883.
I shall be much pleased I can assure you to have a review of the work from your able pen.
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An unsigned review, by M but possibly edited before publication, appeared in Leader (Melbourne), 31 March 1883, p. 13 (B83.03.05).
The enclosed was given to me this morning as Euc. ficifolia (F.v.M.) but of course it is the large flowering variety of E. leucoxylon ; is it not?
I am figuring the red and white large flowering specimen of E. leucoxylon in my 2nd part of "Forest Flora." Have these varieties ever been named?
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J. E. Brown (1883-90), part 2, has illustrations and accounts of E. leucoxylon, two of E. leucoxlion var. macrocarpa (one red flowered, the other white), and E. leucoxylon var. pauperita.
If not, what should they be called. I should like to have your views on this matter.
With many thanks for your ready acquiescence with my [work] in these matters.
I am
My dear Baron
yours truly
J. E. Brown