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MS MS SEQUENCE, Australian Box 4/1, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 58.04.30Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to Daniel Bunce, 1858-04-30. 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/58-04-30>, accessed April 18, 2025
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MS damaged, with a corner of the sheet missing. All [...] in this transcription correspond
to the missing part of the sheet.
30 Apr. 1858.
My dear Mr Bunce.
I received this day a letter from Mr Dallachi,
who is procuring for this garden seedlings at the Grampians,
which he forwarded by the Royal Mail at Mount Sturgeon. The letter bears no date &
the Postmark is illegible. But I presume it arrived about the latter part of this
week at Geelong.
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i.e. J. Dallachy. Letter not found.
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Vic.
Not knowing, whether to apply to the postmaster, the postman or the railway agent
at Geelong for the plants, I hope you will show us the favor of ascertaining where
the box went to and send it on with a bill of any expenses incurred for the transit,
which I shall pay immediately. The box contains probably valuable things, which unless
very carefully packed might by [...] journey [...]
I beg to [...] a few seeds [...] Feegee
Island [...] having pods [...] long & furnish[ing] an excellent vegeta[ble]
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Fiji?
With my best wishes for your welfare I remain,
Dear Sir,
your humble
Ferd. Mueller.
I hope you recovered your health & will early apply for such plants of ours as you
may yet require.
[...] [enclo]se the bags [...] soil duely [...] and I should [...] thankful for [...]
filling them.
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M was attempting to create a 'magazine' of soil types; see M to J. O'Shanassy, 1 April 1858.