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Physical location:

RB MSS M14, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 91.01.07

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Preferred Citation:

Joseph Maiden to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1891-01-07. 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/1890-6/1891/91-01-07-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Eucalyptus bosistoana (MEL 1606597).
MS annotations by M: 'Answ | 9/1/91' and 'Woolls' Ironbark-Box?' Letter not found.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
TECHNICAL EDUCATION BRANCH .
TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM.
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Sydney.
7th January 1891 .
Memorandum to Baron von Mueller K.C.M.G., F.R.S.
Dear Baron Mueller,
I send you buds, flowers, and early (immature) fruit of a Eucalypt which has puzzled me, and which I think may be a new species. I got it from near the Loftus Station, just inside the National Park, about 20 miles South of Sydney. I have had the tree under observation for about 9 months, but at first I could only get flower-buds & yesterday I made a special trip, but have not yet got mature fruits & seeds. I am going in a month or two for these. The bark resembles that of E. eximia in texture & general appearance, except that it is whitish & not yellow. There are only a very few trees, to my knowledge; they are up to a foot or 18 inches in diameter & 30 or 40 ft in height. Kindly let me know your decision on the matter.
Yours truly,
J. H. Maiden.