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RB MSS M53, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 94.12.02

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Jessie Hussey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-12-02. 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/1890-6/1894/94-12-02-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS found with a collection of
Pimelea

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husseyana (MEL 55868). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 4/12/94 F.v.M.' See M to J. Hussey, 4 December 1894.
To Baron Sir. F. Von Mueller
Melbourne
My Lord
The
Pimelea

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no 321 is growing in the Goolwa
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scrub-land about four or five miles from here — in the same place where I gathered "
Pultenaea densifolia

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" — By same post I send a whole plant which is the average size, though I saw a few from fifteen to eighteen inches high, but these were straggly. This
Pimelea

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is growing very freely for about two miles along the Railway line between here & Goolwa, you will find some seeds of it in the parcel, and perhaps a few ripe ones amongst them.
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Pimelea

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husseyana was exhibited (as Pimelia husseyana) by M at a meeting of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria (Victorian naturalist, vol. 11 (1894), p. 122), but although Tate (1895), p. 81, cited the name as 'F.v.M., m.s.', M never published it. It is however the name in M's hand on his label on MEL 55872, with which the present letter was found. It is probable that the name Tate was citing was included in a list of new SA plants supplied by M. A formal description based on Hussey's specimens was published by Ewart (1921), pp. 230-1.
I thank you for lists of names of plants duly received, also seeds of
Euchlaena mexicana

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Yesterday I was conversing with a farmer, whose farm is in Hindmarsh Valley about 9 miles from here — he told me he grew "
Euchlaena luxurians

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" last year from seeds obtained from the Central Ag Bureau, his plants attained a height of 10 feet in about ten months, but did not flower — I said the valley would perhaps not be as favourable for its full development as open land — He has accepted a few of your seeds, and will try again, we will also grow it here to compare the localities.
I do not know when is the best time to sow the seeds —
I am yours respectfully
Jessie L. Hussey
Port Elliot
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2/12/94