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No. 1192, unit 63, VPRS 425 Engineer-in-Chief inward correspondence, VA 2876 Victorian Railways, Public Record Office, Victoria. 84.03.30Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Watson, 1884-03-30. 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/1880-9/1884/84-03-30-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
30/3/84.
To the Chief Engineer of the Victorian Railways.
Sir
Would you oblige me by kindly informing me, what Eucalyptus-wood chiefly is used in
your Department for Railway-Buffers? I should like to obtain this information for
a new Victorian edition of my work on select plants for industrial culture.
You could add to the obligation, under which I shall be placed by you, if you would
communicate to me a few brief notes from your local experience on the respective value
of various native woods in Railway-construction; such information would be fully acknowledged
in the work as obtained from you.
1
In B85.13.06, p. 145, M noted that Eucalyptus rostrata was used for buffers, among many other uses. However, he did not give a source for
the information.
Respectfully
your
Ferd. von Mueller.