The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: It is called Panicum crus galli. It is a native of Southern Europe and Asia, and is valuable as a fodder plant. A full description is given in his work on select plants. ¶ The current edition was B95....

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Panicum crus galli
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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Weekly Times, 1896-05 [96.05.00f]. 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/1890-6/1896/96-05-00f-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Questions and answers', Weekly times, 23 May 1896, p. 30 (B96.05.03). It is introduced by 'Village Settler, Shepparton.— We have submitted the grass sent to Baron Von Mueller. He reports as follows:—‘.

It is called . It is a native of Southern Europe and Asia, and is valuable as a fodder plant. A full description is given in his work on select plants.

The current edition was B95.08.04.

As the introduction refers only to the grass being sent to M, he may not have supplied the following two answers.

(2) The cotton sent has no seed that could be spun into fibre. It is a native of South Africa, and has no commercial value. (3) We cannot tell the variety of strawberry from a single leaf. Send a small plant.