The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [ ¶ Baron Von Mueller announces the sending of seeds of various species of Eucalyptus] ¶ Later in the same meeting, Albert Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire spoke (p. 392):A propos de l'envoi annoncé par M. ...

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Société nationale d'acclimatation de France, 1892-01 [92.01.00a]. 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/1890-6/1892/92-01-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from Revue des sciences naturelles appliquées, vol. 39, part 1 (1892), p. 390. It is dated to January 1892 as the latest date that the letter could have been sent to have been read at the meeting of the Société nationale d'acclimatation on 19 February 1892.

[M. le baron Von Mueller annonce l'envoi de graines de diverses espèces d' ]

[Baron Von Mueller announces the sending of seeds of various species of ]

Later in the same meeting, Albert Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire spoke (p. 392):

A propos de l'envoi annoncé par M. Von Mueller, M. le Président fait connaître l'importance considérable prise dans ces dernières années, par la distillation des feuilles d' , dans notre midi, dont la matière première est fournie, pour la majeure partie, par l'élagage des arbres.

[With regard to the reported consignment by Von Mueller, the President indicated the considerable importance taken in recent years by the distillation of leaves in our Midi, the raw material of which was supplied, for the most part, by pruning the trees.]