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Archives, Sisters of St Joseph, Perthville, NSW. 57.09.17
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Banksia
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Eucalyptus
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Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to Julian Tenison Woods, 1857-09-17. 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/57-09-17>, accessed September 11, 2025
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Photocopy — original letter not found.
17 Sept 1857
Reverend Sir
My brother in law, Dr Edw. Wehl, informs me, that you were desirous of opening a botanical
correspondence with me. In anticipation of this, I beg to adress you, and to express
my sincere pleasure of having the opportunity of enjoying the intercourse with a gentleman
of your high attainments.
In this busy part of the globe, we are all getting beyond much ceremony; I hope you
will therefore pardon me for molesting you at once with a few questions.
Would it be possible to get in flower and fruit a set of specimens from the botanically
little known scrubs of Morris' station near Guichen Bay, to which I paid only a passing
visit 9 years ago.
I am particularly anxious for flower — and fruit — specimens of the
red
Honeysuckle (
) a dwarf species of the scrub of the Coorong; also for a portion of
ripe
fruits of the Guichen Bay Native Apple.
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Mr Doughty, my brother in law, tells me, that in the Salt lakes of Mackintosh Run
(Mosquito-plains a weed exists abundantly, of which I should be glad to examine specimens.
I enclose a leaf of a plant from Kangaroo Island. A similar very
rare
species with larger leaves and white flower-bunches grows on or near Mount Benson.
Of this a suite of specimens and ripe seeds would be very welcome.
With this mail I beg to send you a little pamphlet, to show you, in what way novelties
are published, and hope that you will be able to contribute to the continuation.
Obediently
Ferd Mueller.
Rev Mr Woods
&c &c &c
On Eucalypti &c Dr Wehl would be able to give instructions as regards collecting