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RBG Kew, Miscellaneous reports 7.7, Victoria, Forests &c.,1862-1901 (MR/418), f. 247. 89.06.30a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1889-06-30 [89.06.30a]. 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/1880-9/1889/89-06-30a-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

30/6/89.
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Date stamped: Royal Gardens Kew 10. Aug. 89.
A new industry has here sprung up, dear Mr Dyer, in baskets being made from the thinly split wood of
Acacia dealbata

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. I will at once send you samples for your grand Museum.
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Possibly the specimen in the Economic Botany Collection, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, catalogue number 58922, although the entry book number given in the catalogue, 108.1891, suggests it was received in 1891.
Regardfully
your
Ferd. von Mueller.
You know, A. dealbata can be reared in the mild parts of England.