ON THE 



Application of P 



PPLICATION OF -rHYTOLOGY 



INDUSTEIAl PURPOSES OP LIFE. 



A POPULAR DISCOURSE, 



Delivered at the Industrial Museum of Melbourne, on 

 Sd November, 1870. 



By Ferdinand von Mueller, C.M.G., M.D, Ph. D., F.R.S. 



Comm. Ord., Santiago, En. of Orders of Anetria, 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 



