The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne botanic Garden ¶ 26. Oct. 1857 ¶ Dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ Mr Wilson, the Geologist of the North Australian Expedition proceeding home by the [...] ¶ I avail myself of the opportunity of sendi...

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RBG Kew, Directors' letters, vol. LXXIV, Australia letters 1851-8, letter no. 171. 57.10.26a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-10-26 [57.10.26a]. 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/57-10-26a>, accessed November 14, 2024

Melbourne botanic Garden

26. Oct. 1857

Dear Sir William.

Mr Wilson, the Geologist of the North Australian Expedition proceeding home by the [...]

blank space in MS.

I avail myself of the opportunity of sending the new vol. of the transact. of our Institute, a few spare copies of my bot. articles therein, one for Mr Kippist (who I hope printed my Eucalypti since)

B58.11.01.

— also one from the R. S of Tasmania on & e.

B60.13.01, B60.13.02. The copies at Kew, bound in 'F. Mueller. Opuscula. Descriptions 1855-83', have the date 1857 added in pencil by (?) W. Hooker. The former is inscribed in M's hand: 'From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Tasmania'. The papers do not have a ‘read on …’ date, but B60.13.01 has a date of composition as January 1857, and portions of B60.13.02 were read at the meeting of 15 July 1857 ('Royal Society of Tasmania', Courier (Hobart), 20 July 1857, p. 2). M evidently received prints of the papers before they were formally published.

I hope you will not be displeased, that I gave publicity in the latter for the sake of completeness, to a few plants of Mr Gregory's expedition. All those issued by the Vict. Inst. are from private specimens. It would give me great pleasure to get the new West-Australian Didisci even if it was only a small fragment, so that I may enlighten myself more on them. — Also any spare specimens of Eucalypti even if it was only as a loan, to be used for my monograph. The duties on this garden are very heavy, but I find always a little time for phytography. The next mail will bring the rest of the msc. I trust you will approve of my labours thereon.

Pamplin has forwarded a small case of books containing also the fine microscope from Dr Hooker. But my heart sunk, when again your species filicum not came, nor the vii vol of your icones nor Lindl gen & spec orchid.

W. Hooker (1846-64), W. Hooker (1836-54) vol. 7 is dated 1844, Lindley (1830-40).

The latter work is fortunately lent to me by our very kind Governor.

Henry Barkly.

I have a few ferns new to Australia and was longing so much for your species filicum. Pamplin also never sent Hook & Thompson flora Indica

J. Hooker & Thomson (1855).

except the preface . Of your excellent spec filicum I possess vol. I complete & vol II, 1-2.

W. Hooker (1846-64).

I have to thank you for adding several valuable books to those.

I shall soon be able to send the wood [specimens] from his Excellency Sir Henry Barkly. I am packing them now. You would cause me a great pleasure by letting me have a ful collection of seeds (except annuals), as I am so very anxious to give satisfaction. I am sure you will this time not forget me. Can Dr Harvey not send us some good seeds of shrubs and trees from his fine garden. I am sure to do my best to repay it, as far as our poverty will admit. I am fully resolved to consider myself unworthy of holding my new appointment, if within 2 seasons I have not increased our 1500 sp under cultivation to 5000.

I have your kind letter from Aug. 10th but not yet those sent to Sydney the same month,

Letters not found.

perhaps on account of Sir Will. Dennisons absence.

Ever your most

attached

Ferd. Mueller

is a native also of this colony. I have a fine specimen picked up by a lady resident at Westernport.

The specimens are uniques, retained temporaneously for description. I hope the new attempt of introducing will be successful.

The … successful is on a small separate sheet, glued to this page of the MS.

M sent in 1855, see M to W. Hooker, 9 May 1855.

The new issue of the Linnean Society is highly acceptable. Professor Meisner overlooked in his [record] of the beautiful , described in the Linnaea 1852.

M erected (S. homorantheroides) in B53.04.01. Meisner (1857) reviewed Chamaelaucium, the genus to which M later transferred (B64.02.01, pp. 57-8).

I observe that exists in North Australia. Probably some of the new Indian s are also identical with mine. I would warmly recommend my notes on

B59.04.04, pp. 130-4.

to Mr Bentham as they were made from large sets of fresh specimens.

The new … specimens is on a small separate sheet, glued to this letter.