The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ These two species of bamboo had been so often found mixed up in works on Botany, that I deemed it advisable to refer the matter directly to the best authority extant, in order to obtain satisfactor...

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85.09.00c

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Arundinaria falcata
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Arundinaria spathiflora
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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Society of New South Wales, 1885-09 [85.09.00c]. 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/1880-9/1885/85-09-00c-final.odt>, accessed June 5, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here (B86.10.03) is a note printed below Brandis (1886), a paper communicated to the Royal Society of NSW by M. The text is introduced by 'Baron Von Müller, in forwarding the above paper of Dr. Brandis to the Hon. Secretary of the Royal Society of New South Wales, refers to the same in the following words:—'.

The item is dated to September 1885, as Brandis's paper was read at the meeting of the Royal Society of NSW on 7 October 1885. There were two Honorary Secretaries of the Society, Adolph Leibius and W. Camac Wilkinson, and it is not known to which of these the letter was addressed.

These two species of bamboo had been so often found mixed up in works on Botany, that I deemed it advisable to refer the matter directly to the best authority extant, in order to obtain satisfactory information. I, myself, have first introduced into Australia many living bamboo-species, and probably was the first who encouraged their propagation from seed in many parts of the globe. As they are such beautiful and grateful plants, of which there are about 200 species, the publication of Dr. Brandis' important notes on two of the kinds of Arundinarias may appear advisable, so as to direct more attention towards them, especially since is still dragging itself through many botanical works under the name of .