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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1891-1896, ff. 73. 95.01.16

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1895-01-16. 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/1890-6/1895/95-01-16-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

16/1/95
1
Date stamped Royal Gardens Kew 26.FEB.95 (cf. date stamp on the enclosed letter from William Kendall, see fn. 2).
This, dear Dr Dyer, is from the Principal of the Veterinary College here;
2
See W. Kendall to M, 16 January 1895 (in this edition as 95-01-16a).
so that you will see that I could as yet not send the Report.
3
‘Report of the Result of Experiments Conducted at the Melbourne Veterinary College with the View of Ascertaining the Nature and Cause of Epizootic Blindness in Horses in the Darling District, N.S.W.’, undated (University of Melbourne Archives, Kendall, William Tyson and Kendall, Ernest Arthur, 1/5). The report concludes that the blindness is probably caused by the native tobacco, Nicotiana suaviolens . No evidence of publication of the report has been found.
I am one of the Hon. Examiners at the College.
Regardfully
Always your
Ferd. von Mueller.