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RB MSS M46, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 89.11.26

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William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1889-11-26. 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/1880-9/1889/89-11-26-final.odt>, accessed June 10, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Einadia trigonos (MEL 88803).
Burwood N.SW
Nov 26/89
My dear Baron,
I went to Parramatta
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NSW.
yesterday on purpose to see the " Salt Bush " which the late Mr Neale had planted in his garden many years ago & found to my dismay that some stupid gardener had destroyed it!
This bush was between 5 & 6 ft high, spreading around for several feet, & growing from one stout root or stem. I think it might have attained a greater height if it had not been trimmed. This plant must have been more than 20 years old. The plants that I saw on the Castlereagh
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Castlereagh River, NSW.
were smaller, but then they had been eaten by sheep & cattle.
All I can do now is to procure for you some specimens of
Chenopodium triangulare

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as soon as ready, & to get from some friend in the interior some specimens of the other
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M was working on his Iconography of the saltbushes, the first decades of which were issued as B89.13.04.
I should say R. hastata
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Rhagodia hastata

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differs in being much larger, having generally opposite & thicker leaves, a greater number of stamens, & a stouter habit. The little fruit of C. triangulare is red, however
Yours very sincerely
William Woolls