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Box 38, Council correspondence, Bendigo Regional Archives Centre, Bendigo. 93.09.00k

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Samuel Gadd, 1893-09 [93.09.00k]. 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/1890-6/1893/93-09-00k-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Memorandum marked '1.10.93 | S. G. Gadd'; M's sending is dated on the basis that it must have been sent in late September 1893 in order to be in Gadd's hands by 1 October.
[Received from Baron Von Mueller the Govt Botanist the following seeds of fodder & oil plants
Basella alba
Cytisus prolifer togosaste
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tagasaste?
Cicer arietinum chick peas
Eruca sativa
Hordeum. green, chocolate, & white [huskless],(Barley)
Lespedezia striata (paper clover
Medicago scutellata(clover
Panicum frumentaceum (deccan grass
Penicillaria spicata(bajree grass
Phaseolus aconitifolus,
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P. aconitifolius ?
& radiatus
Phyllanthus emblica
Oryza sativa(rice
Sesamum indicum(oil plant 9 lb seed produce 2 lb oil
Sorghum saccharatum(yellow stalk]
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The memorandum continues:
I am also planting the following fodder seed from America
Teosinte produce 40 ton pr acre
Dhoura corn produce 200 bus [bushells] pr acre
Maize 8 varieties recommended for fodder.
Basella alba
Cicer arietinum
Cytisus prolifer
Eruca sativa
Hordeum
Lespedezia striata
Medicago scutellata
Oryza sativa
Panicum frumentaceum
Penicillaria spicata
Phaseolus aconitifolus
Phaseolus radiatus
Phyllanthus emblica
Sesamum indicum
Sorghum saccharatum