Ferdinand von Mueller

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MS annotation: 'Cé no 116 27 Avril 1894 Transmis le […] A[…] et répondu le 27' [Despatch no. 116, 27 April 1894. Sent […] and answered on the 27th]. Letter not found.

Melbourne,

27/4/94

The Chevalier

De Jardin, Consul General for France

Herewith, dear Consul, I beg to send for Tunis freshly collected seeds of three of the best kinds of Sheep-Saltbushes from Riverina,

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NSW.

also seeds — not before sent out — of one of the principle Eucalyptus, the timber of which is utilized for wood-bricks in paving the streets of Sydney

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See M to R. Richards, April 1894 (in this edition as 94-04-00b).

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F.v.M.) a species naturally restricted to a small area in N.S. Wales. I trust, that these seeds will prove acceptable; at all events this sending will show, that I have not forgotten your requirements.

I may add, that thwo

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three altered to two and not fully amended.

out of the three sorts of saltbushes, of which I send now seeds, became introduced by me into South-Africa, where by their copious seeding they became naturalized as one of the most wholesome and nutritious kinds of sheep-pasturage from the Cape-land to Transvaal already.