The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [ ¶ The meetings secretary laid upon the table on behalf of Baron von Mueller, Government Botanist at Melbourne: (1) several notes concerning Australian plants; (2) seeds of the following plants: ¶ E...

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85.10.00e

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Atriplex halimoides
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Atriplex spongiosum
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Brachychiton carpentarica
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Eucalyptus leucoxylon
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Panicum decompositum
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Panicum spectabile
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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Société nationale d'acclimatation de France, 1885-10 [85.10.00e]. 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//letters/1880-9/1885/85-10-00e-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from Bulletin de la Société nationale d'acclimatation de France, series 4, vol. 2, p. 657 (1885). It is dated to October as the latest likely date it could have been written to be reported at the meeting of 20 November.

[M. le Secrétaire des séances dépose sur le bureau, de la part de M. le baron von Mueller, botaniste du gouvernement à Melbourne: 1° plusieurs notes concernant des végétaux australiens; 2° des graines des végétaux ci-après: , , , P. decompositum, , A. spongiosum, toutes plantes très intéressantes à essayer, les unes en Algérie, les autres dans la région Sud-Ouest de la France.]

The report continued:

M. Raveret-Wattel saisit cette occasion pour signaler l'intérêt que M. le baron von Mueller ne cesse de porter à notre œuvre, et le zèle généreux avec lequel ce savant botaniste s'emploie à la propagation des végétaux utiles. On peut affirmer que c'est en grande partie aux efforts persévérants de M. von Mueller qu'est due l'acclimatation d'un grand nombre de végétaux australiens dans beaucoup de pays pour lesquels l'acquisition de ces essences étrangères est d'une haute valeur.

[Mr. Raveret-Wattel seizes this opportunity to point out the interest that Baron von Mueller has constantly taken in our work, and the generous zeal with which this learned botanist is employed in the propagation of useful plants. It may be said that the acclimatization of a large number of Australian plants in many countries for which the acquisition of these foreign species is of high value is in large part due to the persevering efforts of M. von Mueller]

[The meetings secretary laid upon the table on behalf of Baron von Mueller, Government Botanist at Melbourne: (1) several notes concerning Australian plants; (2) seeds of the following plants: , ,

Name not in IPNI (accessed 9 April 2022).

Panicum spectabile , P. decompositum , , A. spongiosum , all very interesting plants to try, some in Algeria, others in the South-West region of France.]