Document information

Physical location:

Box 1791/15, Williamson Papers, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 94.04.29

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Herbert Williamson, 1894-04-29. 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/1890-6/1894/94-04-29-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

29/4/94.
The introduced weed N. 7, dear Mr Williamson, is probably the American Amarantus
1
More usually Amaranthus.
retroflexus. Your specimen is too fragmentary for exact examination.
2
See M to H. Williamson, 14 May 1894.
Can you send fuller samples? Do not forget the seaweeds.
3
See M to H. Williamson, 19 April 1894 (in this edition as 94-04-19b).
Regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller.
N 1 = L
Could more of N. 2 be obtained?