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95.07.00

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Maynard Jephson, 1895-07. 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/1890-6/1895/95-07-00-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found. The text given here is from Western argus (Kalgoorlie, WA), 1 August 1895, p. 3. The letter is dated to July 1895 as the last date that it could have been sent to have been mentioned as received in this edition of the newspaper.
[Warden Jephson has obtained a quantity of young trees from the Agricultural Bureau, also an assortment of seeds of all kinds from Baron Von Mueller, and is having a patch of ground cultivated behind his offices, so that a satisfactory trial may be made. The enclosure is to be surrounded with rabbit-proof wire fencing.]
2
It is possible that M's seeds were not received directly from him, but distributed by the WA Bureau of Agriculture:
While on the subject of seeds, the Bureau must mention the liberality of Baron von Mueller, who is continually sending seeds of plants of economic value for experimental purposes. These, as they arrive, are distributed to various growers in different parts of the colony for experimental work.
(See 'Bureau of Agriculture, Second annual report', West Australian, 3 August, 1895, p. 10).