Document information

Physical location:

Cat. no. 860.5, Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum, Castlemaine, Victoria. 95.00.00a

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Anna Brotherton, 1895 [95.00.00a]. 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/1890-6/1895/95-00-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Correspondent inferred; MS acquired by the Castlemaine Art Gallery & Museum as part of a collection of Brotherton correspondence.
Brotherton did not use a single sequence of collecting numbers. However, taking account of modern synonyms, the four numbered specimens that can be linked to surviving specimens are all dated 1895, and the list is dated accordingly. The others are apparently not retained at MEL.
1,
Dipodium punctatum

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2,
Agrostis palustris

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, Hudson
3,
Lythrum Salicaria

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Linné
4,
Acacia Melanoxylon

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broad-leaved form
5,
Acacia implexa

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Bentham
(of this seeds welcome)
6,
Acacia Melanoxylon

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7,
Eucalyptus melliodora

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[...]
2
A piece of the MS has been cut out.
Floating & submerged weeds much recommended to the Cognizanse of the Club,
3
Brotherton was honorary secretary of the Castlemaine Field Ramblers' Club.
and to its Lady-friends even at far distances in the interior.