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RB MSS M32a, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 96.04.02
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Mesembrianthemum edule
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Ferdinand von Mueller to Maria Henley, 1896-04-02. 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/1890-6/1896/96-04-02-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
2/4/96
Let me thank you, dear Miss Henley, for the ample supply of the
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which now in autumn I will endeavour to start for naturalisation in such regions
of the interior, in which no Rabbits abound. If you have pastural friends in any sandy
or saline tracts of the country, let them try also to render the pasturage enriched
by this mesembrianthemum.
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See M to M. Henley, 17 March 1896.
Herewith I send you seeds of a new
perennial
Cabbage, only raised in Hannover 2 years ago. It is just (seeds) introduced by me,
and promises to become a great acquisition also to Australia.
Bear kindly in mind, that you and your friends can render a service to science by
gathering the
mi
nutest
land-plants and
uncommon
water-plants
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The word is broken at the end of a line and only the first syllable has been underlined
by M.
With best greeting to all of you
Ferd. von Mueller.