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Ferdinand von Mueller to Montague Rupp, 1895-02-13. 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/1890-6/1895/95-02-13-final.odt>, accessed June 5, 2026

13/2/95
Your observations on the movement of the leaves of
Hibiscus trionum

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is of considerable interest, dear Mr Rupp, and I will publish them under your name.
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M communicated Rupp's observations to the Gardeners' chronicle , which reported them in an article headed 'Heliotropism', 6 April 1895, p. 430.
For the additional sending of seeds I am much obliged so also for the revised list of the plants occurring near Hay.
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NSW. See M to M. Rupp, 9 January 1895.
Regardfully
your Ferd. von Mueller
Kindly ascertain, whether I should be justified to recommend the
Muehlenbeckia Cunninghami

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as a fodder-shrub for swampy places in winterless zones. If so, I will insert a note to that effect into the forthcoming edition of the "Select plants".
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B95.08.04: 'Cattle are very fond of the soft ramifications for feed [M. Rapp]' (p. 317; M's brackets and mis-spelling).
Would it be possible to get well matured fruits with perfect seeds be collected there by small pay to children, which outlay I would gladly refund. Among floating & submerged plants and minute plants you would find much novelty yet for N.SW. Thus we have not yet from N.SW. either the
Cyperus squarrosus

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; though it has now been shown to be indigenous so far south as at the Wimmera