The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne botan. Garden ¶ 6/4/70 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to report, that the three cases with Museum plants, obtained from Dr. W. Sonder of Hamburg, and shipped by the hon. Geo. Verdon, C. B., per...

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V70/3385, unit 672, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 70.04.06

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Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson, 1870-04-06. 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/70-04-06>, accessed September 11, 2025

Melbourne botan. Garden

6/4/70

Sir

I have the honor to report, that the three cases with Museum plants, obtained from Dr. W. Sonder of Hamburg, and shipped by the hon. Geo. Verdon, C. B., per "Norfolk" did just arrive safely and will form a highly valuable addition to the collections of the department.

These cases were the first instalment of the Sonder herbarium that M purchased gradually. See M to J. Moore, 3 October 1863, where M requests funds to purchase the Sonder collection, and also M to J. McCulloch, 25 September 1866 (in this edition as 66-09-25a), in which he again urges the Government to provide funds for this purchase. See also Short (1990).

I have the honor to be,

Sir, your very obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller, M.D.

Director of the botanic Garden.

The honorable the Chief Secretary

MS file inscription in an unknown hand: 'Mr Wadsworth do you know anything of these cases?'. Wadsworth replied: 'I think it is a part of Dr Sonder's collection that Dr Mueller has been so long [...] to purchase. It is paid out of Vote "Purchase of plants".' See also M to C. Duffy, 20 September 1871, in which M again urges the purchase of the entire collection.