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Ferdinand von Mueller

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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...
Wilhelm Sonder to Friedrich Miquel, 1854-06-07.
Hamburg 7 June 1854 ¶ Most esteemed Sir! ¶ ¶ After I was prevented for a long time through business from gathering together the Mueller plants, I have finally forwarded them with the steamship ¶ de ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land, 1855-04-??.
¶ [Dr. Milligan also read a note from Captain Clarke, R. E., Surveyor-General, Victoria, presenting, in the name of the author, Dr. ¶ Muller ¶ , Government Botanist there, two pamphlets, entitled Pl...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-04-05.
bot. gardens Melbourne ¶ 5. April 1855. ¶ Sir William ¶ ¶ Three letters ¶ of yours, which were received with much delight lay at present unanswered before me. The first of them came about a month ag...
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, 1856-06-18.
Main Camp on the Victoria River, ¶ 18 June 1856 ¶ Sir William, ¶ ¶ Prepared to leave in Mr Gregory's party this camp again within a few days, I am anxious to avail myself of the only opportunity, whi...
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, 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 Joseph Hooker, 1865-12-06.
6/12/65 ¶ ¶ I have sent, dear Dr Hooker, by the Roxburgh Castle under favor of Capt Dinsdale a box with tubers of terrestrial Orchideae, ¶ according to a desire expressed by you. ¶ While naming a n...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1866-06-26.
26/6/66. ¶ Dear Dr Hooker. ¶ ¶ This day I unpacked the case, you kindly sent by the Yorkshire. The dry plants came safely back & for the books I feel much indebted. ¶ I will send those, which the li...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl von Martius, 1866-09-26.
Melbourne Royal Botanic Garden, ¶ 26 September 1866. ¶ ¶ I hesitated, noble Sir, to approach you in the midst of the horror of the war. ¶ Your mind must have been troubled enough, having watched fro...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Asa Gray, 1868-08-03.
Contents of Box Shipped to Prof. A. Gray ¶ by the Somersetshire. ¶ 3/8/68 ¶ 2 packages miscell. plants. ¶ 5 ¶ ¶ - ¶ ¶ West Austr. plants...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Lindberg, 1869-06-19.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 19/6/69 ¶ ¶ I regret very much, dear Prof. Lindberg, that as yet I have been unable to send you the copy of the Flora Tasmanica. ¶ I have it ready for some time, but the extre...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1871-11-??.
¶ The interference for 2½ years with me in my Department, dear Mr Bentham, has disorganized ¶ all ¶ work in the establishment here, and involved such enormous loss of time, that even now the supple...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1871-12-03.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 3/12/71 ¶ ¶ P|ossibly, dear Mr Bentham, a letter of yours went to the seabottom in the Rangoon. ¶ So I wait with further sendings till next mail. The Orchideae are probably ne...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-03-10.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ March 10 /72 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I write a few lines to say that a box is packed and I believe sent off to you from Kew containing — besides some parcels which were lying there...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1872-03-18.
Melbourne ¶ bot Garden ¶ 18/3/72 ¶ ¶ By the steamship "Northumberland," ¶ dear Mr Bentham, I have at last sent a case with more plants for your use. This is the first sending after nearly ¶ three ¶...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-04-17.
Herbarium ¶ Royal Gardens Kew ¶ April 17 /72 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have to thank you for two letters since I last wrote — I have already acknowledged to you the receipt of the £100 for the sixth volume...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1872-05-19.
Melbourne ¶ bot Garden ¶ 19/[5]/7[2] ¶ ¶ I am always delighted, dear Mr Bentham, to see your handwriting and to read your kind and instructive letters. Let me thank you for all your sympathy. There i...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1872-05-20.
Melbourne ¶ bot Garden ¶ 20/5/72 ¶ ¶ I am always pleased to see your handwriting, dear Mr Bentham, and trust, that you are well. It is wonderful, how you maintain your bodily strength and mental powe...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1872-06-20.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 20/6/72 ¶ ¶ It is pleasing, dear Mr Bentham, to see you advance so well with the Euphorbiaceae. ¶ It will be a very complete vol that 6th, ¶ more so than the first 2 or 3, as...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1872-08-07.
Melbourne ¶ bot Garden ¶ 7/8/72. ¶ ¶ By the Ship "Yorkshire" dear Dr Hooker, I send two stems of a Cycas (either C. media or C. angulata) to you, one for Kew and one for Flottbeck. ¶ ¶ ¶ Please se...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1872-08-10.
Melbourne ¶ bot Garden ¶ 10/8/72 ¶ ¶ Every time, when I write to you, dear Mr Bentham, I feel quite ashamed of the paucity of assistance, which I render you. As explained to you before, this arises n...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1872-08-12.
Melbourne botanic Garden ¶ 12/8/72 ¶ ¶ By the Somersetshire, dear Dr Hooker, I send you at last for the good Mr Bentham the Orchideae, a noble collection of 27 fascicles, containing all that I myself...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1872-08-23.
Melbourne ¶ 23/8/72 ¶ The missing portion of Orchideae have just been found, dear Dr Hooker. I will ¶ try ¶ to get them away by the ¶ Captain ¶ of the Somersetshire. ¶ ¶ Please let enquiries be m...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-09-21.
Sept 21 1872 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have I believe two of your letters unanswered and have also to acknowledge the box with supplemental Monochlamydeae which reached us safely I am very sorry to hear of...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1872-10-08.
Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 8/10/72 ¶ ¶ The Case with Euphorbiaceae, dear Mr Bentham, has come back to me in perfect safety since last I wrote. The anxieties in my almost upset Department leave me no res...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-11-19.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ Novr 19 /72 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Your box of Orchideae has reached us all safe as well as the separate parcel. I have just finished Coniferae and am now at Cycadeae which will t...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-11-20.
Kew Novr 20 /72. ¶ My dear V. Mueller ¶ ¶ I am again very deep in your debt part cause of which you will no doubt kindly excuse attributing it to the loss I have sustained in the death of Lady Hooker...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1872-12-01.
Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 1/12/72 ¶ Private ¶ ¶ Your kind letter of 21 Sept, dear Mr Bentham, is before me. A large box with Orchideae was sent off by the Steamer Somersetshire, at the end of August. I...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-12-17.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ 17 Decr 1872 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ A box was sent off last week from Kew with your Coniferae and allied families as far as the box would hold. The large parcels of Cycadeae and t...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-01-13.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ Jany 13 1873 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Since I last wrote a box has been dispatched to you containing the whole of the remainder of your Dicotyledons including the supplemental parce...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1873-01-28.
Melbourne bot.Garden ¶ 28/1/73 ¶ ¶ I got your kind letter, dear Mr Bentham, in which you desire still more plants for vol. VI. and altho' I am "struggling for existence" to speak with our friend Darw...
Joseph Hooker to Henry Barkly, 1873-02-04.
No 15. ¶ Kew, February 4th 1873 ¶ My Dear Sir Henry ¶ ¶ […] ¶ ¶ I saw at Baron Rothschild's last week 2 Dicksonia Antarcticas 25ft high and 2 ft in diameter — their fronds were very poor, and not t...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-02-21.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ Feby 21 [1873] ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I write a few lines in great haste as I am very busy — in the first place to express my great regret at your encreased troubles and the renew...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1873-02-25.
The Hampshire brings the Mononcotyledoneae with inferior fruits except Orchideae ¶ Melbourne bot Garden ¶ ¶ 25/2/73 ¶ ¶ This mail brings you, dear Dr Hooker, a parcel with 87 species of seeds of our...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1873-03-23.
Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 23/3/73 ¶ ¶ I got your kind letter, dear Mr Bentham, sent on the 13. jan, ¶ and admire the wonderful power of your continued working. Let me hope, that it will long remain un...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1873-03-23.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 23/3/73 ¶ ¶ By the Steamship Somersetshire, dear Dr Hooker, the 58th case with plants for Mr Bentham's work is despatched. ¶ ¶ I hope the 57th also arrived safely. It was forw...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-04-08.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ April 8 /73 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ By this mail I send you five sheets of the new volume of Flora Australiensis ¶ — I have returned three more sheets for press but have not yet r...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-05-15.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ May 15 /73 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have delayed writing to you till the last day in the hopes of being able to announce to you the arrival of the box of inferior ovary Monocotyle...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1873-05-20.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 20/5/73 ¶ ¶ I have not heard of you by last mail, dear Mr Bentham, which I take as sufficient indication of no more plants being required for vol. VI. ¶ than the Orchideae. At...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-06-03.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ June 3 /73 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have to thank you for your letter of the 23d March and for a parcel of Orchidaceous specimens per port which came just in time as I yesterday s...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-07-11.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ July 11 /73 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have now finished the Monocotyledons with inferior ovary and your specimens are packed up and will be sent off in a day or two I trus...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1873-08-11.
Melbourne ¶ 11/8/73 ¶ Private ¶ ¶ The Case with the Orchideae is in the Bay here, dear Mr Bentham, but I shall only be able by next mail to acquaint you with the state of its contents, doubtless unin...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1873-11-05.
Melbourne ¶ 5/11/73. ¶ ¶ I thought to have been able, dear Dr Hooker, to have sent you some prints by this mail, but a short essay on plants of the New Hebrides, containing 4 or 5 new species, it ¶ ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1873-11-05.
Melbourne ¶ 5/11/73 ¶ ¶ I was gratified at the receipt of the proof pages, dear Mr Bentham, concerning the rest of the Orchideae and Irideae, ¶ and I trust that your strength & spirit will remain un...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1880-04-14.
14/4/80 ¶ ¶ This day brought me, dear Mr Bentham, a copy of the new part of the “opus magnum”, ¶ adressed in your handwriting. Accept my best thanks for this graceful gift. The mail closes tomorrow,...
John Buchanan to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1882-12-11.
Museum Wellington ¶ December 11th 1882 ¶ Baron F. Von Mueller ¶ ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ Knowing that you are taking an interest in the Orchideae at present, I send you specimens of 2. species which are new to New...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Ridley, 1890-08-28.
28/8/90 ¶ ¶ Am delighted, dear Mr Ridley, that you will spare some of your bot. treasures for my institution here. I shall have to work for many months hereafter on specimens from New Guinea, and the...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1892-01-??.
¶ The latest expeditions of Sir William Macgregor ¶ have again afforded material for augmenting our knowledge of the native vegetation of British New Guinea, not only in reference to further systema...

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