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Physical location:

RB MSS M33, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 91.08.25

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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Walter Gill, 1891-08-25. 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/1890-6/1891/91-08-25-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS is accompanied by an envelope: 'On Her Majesty's Service Walt. Gill Esqr FLS., F.R.H.S., Conservator of Forests Adelaide Government Botanist, Melbourne, 26/8 1891.' The front bears the frank stamp and insignia of the 'CHIEF SECRETARY VICTORIA' and a postal stamp 'MELBOURNE AU 26 91'.
25/8/91
The Eucalyptus, of which you just sent branchlets, dear Mr Gill, is the rough-barked variety of E. Leucoxylon (var. Sideroxylon). It is rare in S.A., but in stony ridges of N.V.
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Northern Victoria.
& Riverina
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South-western NSW.
not uncommon and often indicates an auriferous geologic formation.
The typical form is a White Gumtree, but the rough-barked one is an Ironbark-tree. I explained this fully in the Eucalyptography.
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B79.13.11, opening un-numbered page of the entry for E. Leucoxylon.
Many other instances of rough- and of smooth-barked Eucalypts within the same species are on record
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller