The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [Prairie Grass, &c.— Subscriber, Beaconsfield. ¶ Vic. ¶ Specimen No. 1 is the British Ribherd, ¶ Journalist's error for Ribherb? ¶ sometimes, but incorrectly, called Ribgrass. This grass is a perenn...

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96.05.00g

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Leader, 1896-05 [96.05.00g]. 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/1890-6/1896/96-05-00g-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Answers to correspondents', Leader, 9 May 1896, p. 9.

[Prairie Grass, &c.— Subscriber, Beaconsfield.

Vic.

Specimen No. 1 is the British Ribherd,

Journalist's error for Ribherb?

sometimes, but incorrectly, called Ribgrass. This grass is a perennial, and usually, Baron von Mueller states, gets naturalised in tracts of country not too hot and too dry. 2. This narrow leaved variety of what is here called Prairie grass is widely appreciated as one of our best perennial pasture and hay grasses. 3. This specimen has shed its grains, consequently nothing definite can be said about it.]