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Ferdinand von Mueller to Casimir Raveret-Wattel, 1890-03 [90.03.00a]. 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/1890-6/1890/90-03-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from Revue des sciences naturelles appliquées, vol. 37 (1890), p. 540. It is dated to March 1890 as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been read at the meeting of the Société Nationale d'acclimatation de France held on 25 April 1890.
[M. Raveret-Wattel dépose sur le bureau des graines envoyées d'Australie par le baron von Mueller; ce sont des graines de l'Atriplex spongiosa, plante qui se développe dans les marais salants, et qui est d'une ressource précieuse pour le bétail quand la sécheresse a détruit toute autre végétation.]
[Mr. Raveret-Wattel laid on the table seeds sent from Australia by Baron von Mueller; these are seeds of the Atriplex spongiosa , a plant that grows in salt marshes and that is a valuable resource for livestock when drought has destroyed all other vegetation.]