The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: The sprig sent from St. Arnaud ¶ Vic. ¶ is from the British white poplar (Populus alba), which occurs with some variability as regards the intenseness of its white vestiture and the degree of indenta...

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Populus alba
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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Leader, 1895-10 [95.10.00e]. 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/1890-6/1895/95-10-00e-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Answers to correspondents', Leader, 19 October 1895, p. 13 (B95.10.09). It was introduced by ' Leaves of Tree . —32, St. Arnaud.— Baron von Mueller favors us with the following reply:—'.

The sprig sent from St. Arnaud

Vic.

is from the British white poplar ( ), which occurs with some variability as regards the intenseness of its white vestiture and the degree of indentation of the leaves. The tree reaches from Britain to Sweden, Siberia, the Himalayan Mountains, and the countries at the Mediterranean Sea. I planted it near Melbourne in the 50th year of this century; it is an excellent tree for summer shade, easily grown, of attractive coloration, and easily propagated from cuttings.