The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [Baron Dr. F. v. Muller in Melbourne has had the great goodness to send me a sample of manna from Eucalyptus viminalis, that interesting substance which has been studied by Thomson, Virey, and espe...

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Eucalyptus viminalis
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Ferdinand von Mueller to Bernhard Tollens, 1885 [85.00.00e]. 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/85-00-00e>, accessed September 11, 2025

Letter not found. The text given here is from Tollens (1885a), pp. 2614-5. M's letter is dated to early 1885 as Tollens's article was received by the journal on 13 October 1885 and quotes B84.11.02, of which presentation copies were being distributed in November 1884.

[Hr. Baron Dr. F. v. Müller in Melbourne hat die grosse Güte gehabt, mir eine Probe Manna von zu senden, jener interessanten Substanz, welche von Thomson, Virey, und besonders von Johnston und Berthelot untersucht worden ist, und über welche man in dem grossen Werke von F. v. Müller (Eucalyptographia l0th. decade Eucal. vimin.) eine Zusammenstellung der darüber vorhandenen Notizen findet.]

[Baron Dr. F. v. Muller in Melbourne has had the great goodness to send me a sample of manna from , that interesting substance which has been studied by Thomson, Virey, and especially Johnston and Berthelot, and a compilation of the existing notes on which is to be found in the great work of F. v. Müller (Eucalyptographia l0th. Decade Eucal. Vimin.).

B84.11.02, which on the final page of the entry for E. viminalis cites the work of these and other chemists. See also M to F. Basedow, December 1885 (in this edition as 85-12-00d).

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