The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [Baron F. von Mueller of Melbourne sent samples of ¶ Atriplex halimoides ¶ , ¶ Atriplex prostratum ¶ and ¶ Atriplex spongiosum ¶ , plants of Central Australia, which he says provide excellent fora...

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93.11.00g

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Atriplex halimoides
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Atriplex prostratum
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Atriplex spongiosum
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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Société nationale d'Acclimatation de France, 1893-11 [93.11.00g]. 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/1890-6/1893/93-11-00g-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from Revue des sciences naturelles appliquées. vol 41, part 1 (1894), p. 84. It is dated to November 1893 as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been read at the meeting of the Society held on 22 December 1893.

[M. le baron F. von Mueller, de Melbourne, a adressé des échantillons de graines d'Atriplex halimoïdes, d' et d' , plantes de l'Australie centrale, qui, selon lui, fournissent un excellent fourrage pour les moutons. Ces plantes seraient d'une grande valeur pour l'Afrique septentrionale et l'Afrique australe.]

[Baron F. von Mueller of Melbourne sent samples of , and , plants of Central Australia, which he says provide excellent forage for sheep. These plants would be of great value to northern Africa and southern Africa.]