Ferdinand von Mueller

Letter not found. The text given here is from Mildura cultivator , 11 November 1983, p . 7 , col. b. Assuming that this weekly newspaper would report the availability of the seeds in the next available issu e, M's letter is dated to 6 November 1893 a s the earliest likely date the seeds would have been sent. The extract is introduced by ' Serious attention is being turned towards the be et sugar industry, which is assuming such importance in Austria, Germany and California. It is thought that it can be successfully carried on in Victoria, where the conditions of soil and climate close ly resemble those of the last named country. ' Seeds were also sent to the Mildura irrigationist and announced in its issue of 11 November (M to Mildura irrigationist , 6 November 1893). Seeds were also distributed to other areas ; see M to T. Easton , 16 November 1893 (in this edition as 93-11-16b) and notes thereto.