The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ In reply to your letter of the 10th October, ¶ I beg to inform you that the plant of which you sent a flowering branchlet, is the South American Tree Tobacco, ¶ Nicotiana Glauca ¶ . I would urge ...

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94.10.00e

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Nicotiana Glauca
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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Secretary, Bureau of Agriculture of Western Australia, 1894-10 [94.10.00e]. 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/1890-6/1894/94-10-00e-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. For the text given here, see Journal of the Bureau of Agriculture (Perth, WA), vol. 1, no. 16 (30 October 1894), p. 211 (B94.10.02). The text is introduced by 'Baron von Mueller, to whom specimens of leaves and flowers of the tree were sent, writes as follows to the Secretary of the Bureau:--'. The Secretary was Lancelot Lindley-Cowan.

In reply to your letter of the 10th October,

Letter not found.

I beg to inform you that the plant of which you sent a flowering branchlet, is the South American Tree Tobacco, . I would urge that this dangerous plant be not allowed to get naturalised as it is poisonous to pasture animals which are apt to browse on the foliage should feed be scarce. The danger from this plant is increased as it seeds very copiously, and the seeds germinate easily. Old plants should be uprooted and seedlings be pulled out of the ground, and the dislodged plants immediately be burnt, so that they cannot ripen seeds still while lying on the ground.