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Carton no. 12, Melbourne, consulat, Serie A, Centre des Archives Diplomatiques, Nantes. 89.11.06
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Atriplex spongiocarpum
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Ferdinand von Mueller to Léon Dejardin, 1889-11-06. 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/89-11-06>, accessed September 11, 2025
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MS annotation by [Dejardin]: 'le 17 Nov j'écris à Paris Je remercierai verbalment'
[I wrote to Paris, 17 November I shall thank verbally]. For a printed version of this
letter see Home & Maroske (1997), pp. 25-6.
6/11/89
It gives me much pleasure, dear Consul De Jardin, to send you an ample supply of well-matured
seeds of
,
one of the best Saltbushes of Central Australia. The seeds are quite freshly collected,
and are sure to germinate. I am all the more glad, to offer these, as seeds of
this
particular species have
never
yet been sent in some
quantity
for actual rural purposes to Europe. In all practicability this Saltbush will become
of importance for sheep-pastures with somewhat saline subsoil in S. W. France and
Algeria.
Atriplex spongiocarpum
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spongiosum?
Where this Atriplex grows, some of the best Merino-Wool is obtained.
With regardful remembrance your
Ferd. von Mueller
The sad news of the death of my celebrated friend, Dr. Cosson, reached me by the last
mail.
It is a great loss to French Science. He was the author of a splendid Flora of Paris,
and also one of the principle investigators of the vegetation of Algeria.
So one after the other of my oldest friends pass away, and perhaps I am the next!
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M's informant was premature, Ernest Cosson did not die until 31 December 1889. See
'Botanical necrology for 1889', Annals of botany, vol. 3 (1889-90), p. 456.
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Cosson produced several works on the flora of Paris and its environs. M's library
included Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre (1861).
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Of Cosson's publications on the flora of Algeria, M's library included Cosson & Durieu
de Maisonneuve (1854-67) and Cosson (1881-7)