ON THE 
APPLICATION OF [ HYTOLOGY 
TO THE 
INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES OF LIFE. 
A; POPULAR DISCOURSE, 
ahead at the Industrial Museum of Melbourne, on 
8a November, 1870. 
By Ferdinand von Mueller, C.M.G., M.D., Ph. D., F.R.S, 
Comm. Ord., Santiago, En. of Orders of Austria, France, Prussia, Italy, 
Wuertemberg, Denmark, Mecklenburg, Gotha; Government Botanist 
for Victoria, and Director of the Botanic Gardens at Melbourne. 
Called upon somewhat suddenly to choose the 
theme for the discourse of this evening, I made my 
choice unguardedly. I anticipated in my thoughts 
how, during the intended instructive recreation of 
this hour, the bearings of intimate botanic knowledge 
on many an industrial pursuit might readily be dem- 
onstrated by some impressive facts. But, on reflec- 
tion, I saw myself at once surrounded by so varied 
-and bewildering a multitude of objects that to do jus. 
tice in a few words to my theme became a hopeless 
task. But while I offer this mere introductory ad- 
dress for a series of lectures on the phytologic section 
