The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ The proposed recipients of the 9th Decade ¶ are largely but not entirely the same as those of the eighth, as about one fifth of the entries in the present list are new; death carries off annually ...

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Physical location:

P84/809, unit 43, VPRS 1163/P1 inward correspondence files, VA 1123 Premier, Public Record Office, Victoria. 84.04.21

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Wilson, 1884-04-21. 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/84-04-21>, accessed September 11, 2025

First registered in the Chief Secretary's Department as A84/2721, then forwarded to the Premier.

The proposed recipients of the 9th Decade

i.e. of M's Eucalyptographia; see B83.13.07.

are largely but not entirely the same as those of the eighth, as about one fifth of the entries in the present list are new; death carries off annually some correspondents; new ones and new Societies arise; some get into arrear with their own sendings; some are interested more in the species of one decade than those of others; and one hundred copies would not suffice to supply all those, who might perhaps be entitled for consideration. I have therefore used my best discretion each time in the distribution, when a part of the work appeared. — As the supplement of the "Census of Australian plants"

B84.13.16.

consists only of half a sheet of print and is therefore not costly, perhaps the hon. the Premier will kindly allow that also "on behalf of the Vict. Government" a copy goes with each of the 9th Decade.