The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 13/5/85 ¶ ¶ I am glad to learn, dear Mr Dyer, that you have Xanthorrhoea gracilis growing. ¶ ¶ ¶ Did you raise it from the seeds, which I after much trouble was able to procure fresh some years ag...

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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1882-1890, f. 147. 85.05.13b

Plant names

Xanthorrhoea gracilis
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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1885-05-13 [85.05.13b]. 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/1880-9/1885/85-05-13b-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

13/5/85

I am glad to learn, dear Mr Dyer, that you have growing.

See note 9 in M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 January 1885 (in this edition as 85-01-25a).

Did you raise it from the seeds, which I after much trouble was able to procure fresh some years ago?

The Kew Inwards Book 1878-1883 records two consignments of X. gracilis seeds: p. 240, dated 28 July 1880, and p. 319, dated 5 July 1881.

Regardfully

your

Ferd. von Mueller.