The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ I am delighted that the experiment of sending Psamma in a living state from here to India answered. ¶ Should the small lot, which was planted there not succeed, which may be a climatic question, t...

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94.01.00f

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Elymus Arenaria
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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, 1894-01 [94.01.00f]. 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/1890-6/1894/94-01-00f-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Communications' in Proceedings and journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, vol. 10, p. 8 (B94.03.01). It is introduced by 'Marram Grass.— Arenaria. Baron F. von Müeller, Ph. & M. D., K.C.M.G., &c., wrote regarding this fodder grass and enclosed a note on the same.' It is dated to late January as the latest likely date for it to have been sent to be reported in the March issue of the journal.

I am delighted that the experiment of sending in a living state from here to India answered.

At the end of the article, the editor noted that only one root of Marram grass had reached Calcutta alive, and that after it sent up a shoot two weeks after planting, it died.

Should the small lot, which was planted there not succeed, which may be a climatic question, then a larger quantity can be sent from here, so soon as you desire it. I enclose herewith some fresh seeds of the ,

Elymus arenarius?

which is a sort of lieutenant to the , as you may see in the 'Select Plants.'

The current edition was B91.09.01.

Should you have some select sorts of Melon seed will you kindly send them.

The note on Marram grass that M enclosed was printed following the text of M's letter. It is the same text as appeared in the Leader (Melbourne), 2 December 1893, p. 8. The editor noted that a collection of melon seeds was sent to M as he desired.