The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [ ¶ Specimen of Grass ¶ .— T. R, Samaria. ¶ - The grass sent is the British Brome (Bromus mollis). It is not a grass of prominent value, particularly in our climate, as it fails when most needed, ...

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95.12.00c

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Bromus mollis
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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Leader, 1895-12 [95.12.00c]. 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/1890-6/1895/95-12-00c-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Answers to correspondents', Leader, 14 December 1895, p. 9.

[Specimen of Grass.— T. R, Samaria.

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- The grass sent is the British Brome ( ). It is not a grass of prominent value, particularly in our climate, as it fails when most needed, during the hottest time of the season, being an annual without much rigor

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or succulence to withstand dryness. "It has, however," Baron von Mueller remarks, "the merit of easy natural dissemination, and of the capability of living on poor soil, so that in sterile regions, not too hot, it would help to furnish pasturage."]