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96.07.00b

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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to the Leader, 1896-07 [96.07.00b]. 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/1890-6/1896/96-07-00b-final.odt>, accessed May 7, 2026

1
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Answers to correspondents', Leader, 4 July 1896, p. 9.
[Native Hop .— Inquirer, Kooreh
2
Vic, east of St Arnaud.
.— So far as can be judged from the small sprig without flowers, your plant is, Baron von Mueller informs us, the ,
3
Journalist's error for corymbosa?
allied to the , the so called "native hop." It has also the peculiarly bitter taste of that plant, but it has been found out that the Daviesias cannot be used as a wholesome substitute of the real hops, so that years ago by a public measure the use of these plants for brewing became interdicted.]