The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [Baron Ferd von Mueller, of the Phytologic Museum of Melbourne, has sent to the California State Board of Forestry seeds of about thirty varieties of eucalyptus, some of which have never been intro...

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the California State Board of Forestry, 1886-07 [86.07.00b]. 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/1880-9/1886/86-07-00b-final.odt>, accessed May 10, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Forestry', Daily Alta California (San Francisco), 11 August 1886, p. 2. It is dated to early July as the latest date it could have been sent to have been reported in this issue of the newspaper.

[Baron Ferd von Mueller, of the Phytologic Museum of Melbourne, has sent to the California State Board of Forestry seeds of about thirty varieties of eucalyptus, some of which have never been introduced in this country. In consequence of the difficulties experienced by the State Board in establishing the experimental farm in Merced county, these seeds will be planted by the Commission, but turned over to the care of the gardener at the State University. Certain rare forest seeds will be sent to Baron von Mueller in exchange.]