Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M38, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 92.12.16a

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

William MacDonald to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1892-12-16 [92.12.16a]. 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/1890-6/1892/92-12-16a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

1
MS found with a specimen of
Elaeocarpus

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reticulatus (MEL 2226663), collected by MacDonald at the Bellinger River, NSW, 1892.
Bellingen
2
NSW.
Decr 16th
1892
My Dear Baron Von Mueller
Herewith enclosed please receive 2 branchlets
1
Eugenia

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in flower same as I sent you last year with pink colored fruit like a large cherry altho not good to eat
& one with pretty fringed white flower something like an Elaeocarpus
Yours faithfully
Wm MacDonald