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The correspondence of

Ferdinand von Mueller

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  • Carl Wilhelmi to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1852-01-14.
    Port Lincoln, 14 January 1852. ¶ Dear Doctor, ¶ ¶ I received your kind letter on 13 January ¶ and do not want to be amiss in replying, as I intend to remain here for another three to four weeks, and...
    • Wilhelm Sonder to Eduard Fenzl, 1852-12-27.
      Hamburg, 27 December 1852 ¶ My most esteemed Friend, ¶ ¶ With the recently arrived consignment of plants from Australia, I also received a packet of seeds. I have divided the one coming ¶ to me ¶ i...
      • Wilhelm Sonder to George Bentham, 1852-12-29.
        Hamburg 29 December 1852 ¶ Most worthy Sir! ¶ ¶ I read in ¶ Hooker's London Journal ¶ that you intend to distribute plant collections from the Port Natal region for Mr Plant. ¶ Because, as you kno...
        • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Lonsdale, 1853-02-22.
          May day hills, ¶ 22. Febr. 1853. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you for communication to his Excellency the Governor, that I arrived here with Mr Dallachi's party on the 20th inst., after a j...
          • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Lonsdale, 1853-03-09.
            Ovens-river, ¶ 9th March 1853 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I do myself the honor to inform you, for communication to his Excellency the Governor, that I reached Mount Aberdeen in the Buffalo ranges on the 25th of Febr...
            • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Lonsdale, 1853-05-10.
              Alberton, ¶ 10th May 1853. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I do myself the honor to inform you for communication to his Excellency the Governor, that since my last report, dated Yerring 15th April, ¶ I proceeded to Gip...
              • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Lonsdale, 1853-06-27.
                Melbourne, 27th of June 1853. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you for communication to his Excellency the Governor, that I returned yesterday to Melbourne after an absence of five months, during...
                • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Foster, 1854-03-10.
                  Avon, 10. March 1854. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you for communication to his Excellency the Governor, that I proceeded on my botanical expedition since my last report (dated Albury 15 Jan....
                  • Wilhelm Sonder to George Bentham, 1854-03-16.
                    ¶ You gave me the hope last year that at the end of same I would receive the elaboration of the Mueller legumes by yourself. ¶ In expectation of your news I have hesitated to forward a small supplem...
                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Foster, 1854-04-18.
                      Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, ¶ 18. April 1854. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you for communication to his Excellency the Governor, that I returned this day from my botanical expedition, in whic...
                      • Wilhelm Sonder to Eduard Fenzl, 1855-05-12.
                        Hamburg 12 May 1855 ¶ Most revered Friend! ¶ ¶ […] ¶ ¶ So I have to be content with the arranging and the placing here and there of the beautiful Mueller plants, and the Myoporineae are only now fin...
                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Redmond Barry, 1855-05-16.
                          Botanic Gardens, ¶ Melbourne 16. May 1855. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I do myself the honor to inform you, that a gardener from our establishment has yesterday calculated the number of plants required for the library...
                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-07-12.
                            [Sydney, 12 July 1855] ¶ ¶ This will probably be the last letter which I shall have the honour of addressing to you for a long time, since I have now definitely accepted the appointment of Botanist f...
                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-09-03.
                              On board the "Monarch" 3 Sept. 1855 ¶ Sir William. ¶ ¶ In a very few days we expect to reach our destination at the Victoria River, and as our attention then will be fully required to disembark our h...
                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-05-20.
                                Sydney bot. Garden ¶ 20 May 1857 ¶ Sir William. ¶ ¶ Desirous of communicating to you regularly by the mail, I shall forward a few lines again, and apprize you of the close of my labours in Sydney. Th...
                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-10-26.
                                  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...
                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1858-01-15.
                                    Melbourne bot garden ¶ 15 Jan 1858. ¶ My dear Dr Hooker ¶ ¶ I feel proud, that the botanical collections formed in tropical Australia and the notes, which accompanied them, met with the hardly expect...
                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to John O'Shanassy, 1858-05-01.
                                      Melbourne bot. Garden, ¶ 1. May 1858 ¶ Monthly report on the labours performed at the botanic Garden and at the office of the Govern. Botanist for the month of April 1858. ¶ ¶ The ground near and aro...
                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1858-05-12.
                                        Melbourne bot. Garden, ¶ 12. May 1858. ¶ My dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ Again the time for sending our monthly letters is approaching and I will therefore devote an evening hour to you and Dr Hooker. — I h...
                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1858-06-15.
                                          Melbourne bot Garden, ¶ 15 June 1858 ¶ My dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ I have to express my warm thanks for your friendly revisal of the Acaciae; which I brought from North Australia. My paper thus having re...
                                          • Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1858-06-22.
                                            Kew June 22d/58 ¶ Dear Dr. Mueller ¶ ¶ I am very much obliged for your letters, ¶ & glad to hear of all your doings & that the gardens at Melbourne progress so well. I do not know whether my Father ...
                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1858-07-15.
                                              Melbourne bot gardens ¶ 15 July 1858 ¶ My much beloved Sir William. ¶ ¶ The mail due on the 5. of this month did not yet arrive. I have therefore but few things to allude to by this days mail. I will...
                                              • George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1858-08-23.
                                                Presteigne ¶ August 23d 1858 ¶ My dear sir ¶ ¶ Being at this moment from home on a tour in the West of England Sir William Hooker has kindly forwarded to me your letter of the 15th June. I have no he...
                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1858-10-15.
                                                  Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 15 Oct. 58. ¶ My dear Dr Hooker. ¶ ¶ By the accident, which happened to the mail, your letter ¶ was delayed a month over the due time & I could therefore not respond to it ea...
                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1859-05-16.
                                                    Melbourne botanic ¶ & zoologic Garden, ¶ 16. May 1859 ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ Altho' the last mail did not bring me any lines from your hand, it conveyed still the marks of your kindness in the tra...
                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Eugene Rimmel, 1859-12-01.
                                                      Melbourne Botanical and Zoological Gardens, ¶ 1st Dec., 1859. ¶ Sir,- ¶ ¶ In reply to your request to be furnished with information on such plants peculiar to Australia as may be regarded as practica...
                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Pohlman and others, 1860-06-14.
                                                        Melbourne Botanical Zological Garden ¶ 14 June 1860 ¶ To the Trustees of the Melbourne Cemetery ¶ Gentlemen, ¶ ¶ Having inspected the ground to be planted this season at the Cemetery and carefully ex...
                                                        • Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1860-10-20.
                                                          Br. Consulate Jerusalem Octr 20/60 ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ The address of this will surprise you I dare say, but I have taken advantage of my 6 weeks leave ¶ to visit Syria, & have come here en route ...
                                                          • William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1861-08-03.
                                                            Parramatta ¶ August 3/ 61 ¶ My Dear Doctor ¶ ¶ I have just returned from Sydney after having spent a very pleasant day with Mr Macleay. ¶ He showed me Mr Bentham's letter to Sir William Hooker, ¶ a...
                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Wilson, 1862-06-03.
                                                              Melbourne botanic Garden, 3. June 1862 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated 30. May, ¶ and beg in reply to inform you, that I shall be most happy to superinten...
                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1862-10-22.
                                                                Melbourne botanic Garden ¶ 22/10/62 ¶ Dear & venerable Sir William. ¶ ¶ The last mail brought me again some lines from you, which I always inexpressibly above all esteem, feeling proud that you alway...
                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1862-11-26.
                                                                  Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 26/11/62 ¶ Dear Mr Bentham. ¶ Since I wrote last to you I have arranged a good deal of Leguminosae. Of Acaciae I have alone nearly 40 fascicles; altho' they comprise very few re...
                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1862-12-24.
                                                                    Melbourne botan. Garden ¶ 24/12/62 ¶ My dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ I was as usual delighted to receive your kind letters by last mail, replete with botanical interest. For all the information, conveyed by ...
                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Sosthènes d'Armand de Châteauvieux, 1863-??-??.
                                                                      [Mr Geoffroy then communicated to the Assembly several letters: ¶ … ¶ 3) From Mr de Chateauvieux, from Saint-Leu (Reunion Island), reporting on his experiments on the cultivation of ¶ Eucalyptus ¶ :...
                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1863-06-16.
                                                                        Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 16/6/63 ¶ My dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ Having fully written to Mr Bentham on affairs, connected with the Australian flora, ¶ I merely beg to say, that I have forwarded in his Exc...
                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1863-06-26.
                                                                          26/6/63 ¶ Dear Sir William ¶ ¶ By the "Roxburgh Castle", which ship conveys this letter I forwarded (as mentioned by overland mail) ¶ a case with Acacia for President ¶ Bentham to you. The case con...
                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1863-07-??.
                                                                            ¶ I shall enjoy greater facilities in deciphering some of the Diagnoses in plant Preiss ¶ by the acquisition of the herbarium of the late Dr Steetz, which I have purchased. ¶ I hope thus to turn so...
                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard Fenzl, 1863-07-26.
                                                                              Melbourne Botanic garden, ¶ 26 July 1863. ¶ Dear Professor, ¶ ¶ You amiable letter of 15 May arrived with the last monthly mail. ¶ I am once again indebted to you for the rich consignment of seeds y...
                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1863-07-31.
                                                                                Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 31/7/63 ¶ Venerable and ever dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ By these lines I wished merely to intimate to you, that case No. 14 for Mr Benthams use has this day (freight paid) been for...
                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1863-08-19.
                                                                                  Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 19/8/63 ¶ Dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ Case N. 15 is shipped pr ¶ True Briton ¶ to day, freight paid as usual. It contains Leguminosae to be revised for Mr Benthams work. As ¶ I ha...
                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1863-09-24.
                                                                                    Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 24 ¶ /9/63 ¶ Dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ I have just shipped case N. 18 pr. Norfolk, whereby the material for vol. II ¶ passes now completely into your hands. The consignment brings...
                                                                                    • George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1863-10-12.
                                                                                      London Octr 12 1863 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Since I last wrote I have received yours of the 22d & 24th June and 23d July, and on my return to town I found the plants you announced safely arrived — Acacias ...
                                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1863-10-15.
                                                                                        15/10/63 ¶ My very dear Sir. ¶ ¶ I feel grateful for your kindness in sending the 3 copies of your work to my Copenhagen friends. ¶ I made some enquiry at Baillière Melbourne firm, ¶ but there are ...
                                                                                        • George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1863-11-19.
                                                                                          25, WILTON PLACE, ¶ ¶ S.W. ¶ Nov 19/63 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Since I wrote last month I have received yours of the 14th Augt ¶ Many thanks for the trouble you have taken about the £100 for the 2d vol....
                                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1864-01-25.
                                                                                            Melbourne bot. Garden, ¶ 25/1/64. ¶ My dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ I beg to enclose a few additional notes to my print on the Victorian Acaciae. ¶ ¶ I went this morning to the Governments Office to enquire...
                                                                                            • George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1864-05-25.
                                                                                              25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ London ¶ May 25/64 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Since I last wrote, the last two boxes of Myrtaceae per Essex and Great Britain have arrived safely, so that now I have received all that...
                                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1864-06-23.
                                                                                                Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 23./6/64 ¶ Dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ I am glad, that you caused already some 2 more boxes with Leguminosae more to be returned pr Sussex, for which I shall look out[.] For your pro...
                                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1864-07-25.
                                                                                                  Acclimatisation Society's Office, ¶ 30, Swanston Street. ¶ Melbourne, ¶ 25 July ¶ 186 ¶ 4 ¶ My dear Dr Hooker. ¶ ¶ I send you herewith some proof of the print of the Chatham Islands plants. ¶ The ...
                                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1864-08-??.
                                                                                                    [August 1864 or later] ¶ Notes for Mr Bentham ¶ ¶ Myriophyllum latifolium has the (emersed) leaves sometimes quaternate. Leichhardt found it at Archers lagoon. ¶ ¶ Ceratophyllum demersum is mentione...
                                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1864-08-25.
                                                                                                      25./8./64. ¶ Dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ The mailday has again arrived and your letter of 24. June is before me awaiting an answer. ¶ ¶ I have to acknowledge your kind transmission of the first proof-sheet...
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