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Wilhelm Sonder to August Fürnrohr, 1853-05-03.
Hamburg 3 May 53 ¶ Esteemed Professor ¶ ¶ In the name of my friend Dr Ferd. Müller in Melbourne, Australia, I beg to send you a manuscript on the Flora of southwestern Schleswig for publication in th...
Wilhelm Sonder to George Bentham, 1853-05-16.
Hamburg 16 May 1853 ¶ Most worthy Sir! ¶ ¶ I am sending a parcel of plants to Professor Lindley (21 Regent Street) by the steamer leaving for London from here tomorrow, which encloses a second parcel...
William Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1853-06-15.
Royal Gardens Kew ¶ June 15 1853. ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ Having been engaged lately in printing your interesting notes ¶ on the Australian vegetation, I was most agreeably surprised, a few days ago on r...
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, 1855-04-26.
Bot. gardens, Melbourne, 26 April 55 ¶ Sir William ¶ ¶ Being disappointed in getting all my alpine collections together by this ¶ time, I have been unable making up such a collection by the "Red Jac...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-07-22.
On board the ¶ Monarch ¶ , off Moreton Bay, 22 July 1855 ¶ ¶ In a former letter ¶ addressed to you, I had only time to inform you that I was on leave of absence for eighteen months, without support...
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...
William Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1856-01-04.
Royal Gardens, Kew. ¶ Jan. 4. 1856 ¶ My dear Dr Mueller. ¶ ¶ Two days ago your most welcome letter of 3d Septr, ¶ written as you were on the point of quitting the "Monarch," to undertake your arduou...
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 William Hooker, 1857-07-15.
Melbourne bot. Garden 15. July 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ Your very kind letter ¶ was joyfully recieved this evening, being forwarded from Sydney by His Excellency Sir William Denison. Not heari...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-09-15.
Melbourne, bot. garden 15. Sept. 57. ¶ Dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ Manyfold additional duties during the past month left little time for progress in my phytographical labours, but I hope to have soon the b...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Julian Tenison Woods, 1857-10-16.
Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 16. Oct. 1857 ¶ Dear Sir ¶ ¶ At the evening of a very busy day (this being the first show day of the season ¶ ) I beg briefly to respond to your kind letter of Oct. 8th ¶ —. ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Alphonse de Candolle, 1858-01-09.
Bot. Garden, Melbourne ¶ 9. Jan. 1858. ¶ Prof. Alph. de Candolle ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ Having received your friendly letter dated 16. Sept. 1857 ¶ this day, I hasten to assure you, that the manifestations of k...
René Lenormand to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1861-09-??.
¶ Thanks for his letter of 25 July. Correspondent in London Mr L. Redhead, steamer agent between London and Le Havre, 59 Mark Lane in London, who will receive our packages and get them to both of us....
Ferdinand von Mueller to Adolphe Brongniart, 1862-06-26.
Melbourne botanic Garden, ¶ 26 Jun 62 ¶ Most honored Sir ¶ ¶ The receipt of your friendly letter, dated 20 April, ¶ has been to me the source of great pleasure, as it brings me for the first time in...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Alphonse de Candolle, 1862-08-18.
Melbourne bot. Garden, ¶ 18. Aug 62 ¶ My dear Professor! ¶ ¶ I have forwarded on the 8. Aug. pr. ship Moravian in a box, containing several collections for the Muséum d'histoire naturelle, also a par...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl von Martius, 1864-03-25.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 25 March 1864. ¶ Venerable Sir, ¶ ¶ Your affectionate letter of 12th of January ¶ has filled me with deep joy and emotion; with joy, because I can bask in the youthful ar...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl von Martius, 1864-12-25.
Melbourne, Botanic Garden, ¶ Christmas Day 1864. ¶ ¶ Your kind letter of 19 May, noble Sir, has been lying here for some time, waiting for my reply, and then your other kind letter of 29 August as we...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1865-03-26.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ March 26/65 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I write a few lines to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 9th Jany which came to hand yesterday — with some notes on Cucurbitaceae etc. Dr ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to James Hector, 1866-02-13.
13/2/66. ¶ Dear Dr Hector. ¶ ¶ I have recently received two plants from the jungles of East Australia, which form new genera of Proteaceae, unless one should be regarded as a subgenus of Knightia. Un...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Julius Haast, 1866-02-13.
13 February 1866. ¶ ¶ I am only writing a few hurried lines, dear Dr Haast, to enquire whether it would be possible for you to send me a few fruiting branches of the Rewa Rewa tree ( ¶ Knightia excel...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Anderson, 1866-02-24.
24/2/66 ¶ Dear Dr Anderson ¶ ¶ By this months mail steamer I beg to send you a parcel with Corypha seeds fresh collected. Our species (Corypha or Livistona Australis) will stand occasional frosts & i...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Berthold Seemann, 1866-02-24.
¶ Among several new genera which I have recently described, is one from N. E. Australia, belonging to ¶ Proteaceae ¶ and closely allied to ¶ Knightia ¶ , with which it has a 4-seeded carpel in com...
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, 1867-01-10.
Melbourne bot. Garden, 10/1/67. ¶ ¶ A fair opportunity permits itself, dear Professor, to send you some consignment & though I had but short warning and though I am extremly busy with additional duti...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1867-06-17.
Paris June 17/67 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Before I left London I was so constantly occupied that I had not a moment to acknowledge your last letter. ¶ Owing to Dr Hooker's engagements a great deal of seein...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1867-08-21.
Bot garden 21/8/67. ¶ ¶ I send you, dear Mr Bentham, Box 33 by the Great Britain under the obliging care of the Captain, & through the kindess of Mess. Bright freight free. ¶ This consignment contin...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1868-04-24.
24/4/68. ¶ ¶ A variety of circumstances have combined, dear Mr Bentham, to make great inroads on my leisure lately, more particularly the winding off of the Leichhardt Search Contract, which gave end...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1868-06-12.
Melb. bot. Garden ¶ 12/6/68. ¶ ¶ I regret very much, dear Dr Hooker, that I cannot comply with your wish of giving a concise account of Mr Browns three Livistonas or rather his 2 Livist. & 1 Corypha....
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1868-06-12.
Melbourne Botanic Garden ¶ 12/6/68 ¶ ¶ By the Lincolnshire, ¶ ¶ dear Dr Hooker, you will receive Box 42, containing Monochlamydeae according to the byefollowing Index. ¶ Pray inform Mr Bentham, th...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1868-06-14.
14/6/68. ¶ I owe you, dear Mr Bentham, an ¶ ¶ answer to your kind letter of 16 April, which was coming here later than usual. I feel indebted for your and Dr Hookers remarks on the Apostasia, which ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1868-07-04.
Melbourne botan. Garden ¶ 4 July 1868. ¶ ¶ This day, dear Dr Hooker, I forwarded box No. 43 by the "Anglesey" to you. I have done my best to push on preparing the material for the fifth volume, ¶ an...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1868-07-14.
Bot. Gard. Melbourne ¶ 14/7/68 ¶ ¶ It is quite a relief to my mind, dear Mr Bentham, to learn by the telegrams of this mail, that ¶ all ¶ the Boxes bringing material for volume IV have safely arriv...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1868-09-10.
10/9/68 ¶ ¶ I was much pleased, dear Dr Hooker, to see among the Cuba Fungi a few of mine from Australia recorded by the Rev Mr Berkeley ¶ & so one to which he attached my name. Of this I am quite p...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1868-10-02.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ London ¶ Oct 2 1868 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Having now returned to town for the winter I have resumed printing. Three more sheets are in type but I have not the clean copies in tim...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1868-11-19.
19/11/68. ¶ ¶ By the ¶ Norfolk ¶ , dear Dr Hooker, I sent to you for Mr Benthams use my whole collection of Grevilleae, approximately 2000 specimens. It took me many days to arrange them finally. Th...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1868-11-21.
21/11/68 ¶ ¶ This day, dear Mr Bentham, I have despatched the Grevilleas, a noble collection of about 2000 specimens, representing the ¶ most charming ¶ of all the Australian Genera. Meissner & RBr...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1868-12-05.
5/12/68. ¶ ¶ I have to answer, dear Mr Bentham, to your kind letter of the 2 Oct — I am glad to perceive you are well and again busy. I am looking forward with pleasure to the continuance of your val...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1868-12-21.
London ¶ 25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ Decr 21 1868 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I send by this mail the remaining sheets of the 4th volume of the Flora Australiensis. The volume was published about ten days since a...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-03-06.
Melbourne bot. gard. ¶ 6/3 /69 ¶ ¶ By the Steamship Summersetshire, ¶ dear Dr Hooker, you will receive the 50th case of Museum-plant. It contains mainly Salsolaceae, therefore the rest of the Curvem...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-12-24.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ Decr 24 /69 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I am happy to say I have been able again to set steadily to work and although the short days and dark fogs interfere a good deal with t...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-01-20.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ Jany 20 /70 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I should be much obliged to you to make the following alterations in the names I gave to two of your Trichinia ¶ ¶ What I named T. ¶ gracile ¶...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-02-17.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ Feby 17 /70 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I put the first portion of my new volume ¶ into the printers hands the first days of this month but owing to a stupid quarrel between the publi...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-03-17.
London ¶ 25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ March 17 /70 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Enclosed is a bill of lading a duplicate of one I presume you will have received direct — for a box sent off a few days since containi...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-04-15.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ April 15 /70 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I write a few lines in great haste being overwhelmed with press of matter at this time, to say that I have sent by this mail 8 sheets of the 5t...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-07-08.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W ¶ . ¶ July 8 /70 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I send off by this post eight more sheets of the Flora Australiensis and have just corrected the first proof of the last sheet of the volume a...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1870-09-??.
p. ¶ ¶ Among Proteaceae I miss the genera Molloya and Strangea in the general table. ¶ The former is to me not more known that it was to Meissner, ¶ but Strangea seems in my opinion very distinct a...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1870-09-26.
26/9/70. ¶ ¶ On the concluding pages of vol. V, ¶ which you kindly sent, dear Mr Bentham, I have but few observations to offer, and I congratulate you to the accomplishing so admirably and so rapidl...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl Meisner, 1871-02-18.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 18 February 1871. ¶ ¶ A favourable opportunity presents itself to me, esteemed Professor, to send you a very few rare Proteaceae through a Swiss friend, Mr J. H. Dardel, ¶...

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