The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [Some specimens of a poisonous weed which had proved fatal to cattle in the Yarrawonga district ¶ Vic. ¶ have been reported upon by the Government Botanist as being] ¶ The bracketed text is the intro...

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94.10.00d

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Solanum Simile
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Ferdinand von Mueller to […], 1894-10 [94.10.00d]. 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/1890-6/1894/94-10-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Agricultural notes', Leader, 27 October 1894, p. 5 (B94.10.05). The recipient of M's advice is not clear.

[Some specimens of a poisonous weed which had proved fatal to cattle in the Yarrawonga district

Vic.

have been reported upon by the Government Botanist as being]

The bracketed text is the introduction used by the newspaper.

the . It is poisonous like all other solanums, and should be pulled up and burnt wherever it abounds—a process which with this particular plant would be neither laborious nor expensive.