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94.04.00c

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Leader, 1894-04 [94.04.00c]. 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/1890-6/1894/94-04-00c-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Answers to correspondents. Specimen of grass,' Leader, 7 April 1894, p. 5 (B94.04.02). It is introduced by
W. M'D., Tallangatta, says:—''Herewith find specimen of grass enclosed. There are a few plants of it in my paddock, which has been cultivated, but has been lying idle for three years. The soil is red and very dry; at present there is nothing green in it but this grass; the sheep eat it very bare, but it still grows, and is fresh and green; it seems as if no drought would kill it. Is it of any value? Can it be cultivated from seed?" Baron von Mueller kindly replies:—.
The grass submitted is the
Eragroctis Brownii

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Typesetter's error for Eragrostis Brownii?
It is one of the best of our indigenous grasses; being of perennial growth, keeping green during the dry season, also being content with even poor soil; relished by all grazing animals, and they thrive on it. No difficulty should exist to gather seeds of it, though they are minute. It might, for some people, be easier, however, to propagate this grass by division of the roots, for which measure this would be the best time of the year. This grass is indigenously occurring in various regions of all the Australian colonies, except Tasmania and New Zealand. It passes also under the name of
Poa Brownii

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