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Ferdinand von Mueller

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  • Joseph Maiden to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-05-13.
    13th May [188]7 ¶ editorial addition. ¶ Dear Baron Mueller, ¶ ¶ I have written to the station-holders in the far north west named in the enclosed list requesting their kind offices on behalf of Mr Ba...
    • Wilhelm Bäuerlen to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-05-29.
      Amboyne, 29/5/1887. ¶ Most esteemed Baron, ¶ ¶ It is very pleasing to me that I am now able to send you fruit of the plant No. 535. Now whatever this plant may be, I am very much of the opinion that ...
      • Wilhelm Bäuerlen to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-06-08.
        Delegate, ¶ 8/6/1887. ¶ ¶ Since writing to you last time, esteemed Baron, I have been twice on Mt Tingaringy. ¶ The first time I found the ¶ Gnaphalium ¶ , enclosed in the parcel going under separa...
        • Friedrich Basedow to the Australische Zeitung, 1887-06-15.
          From the temple of art ¶ I went to the secluded dwelling of the scholars, to the seat of science, to our renowned compatriot Baron Dr Ferdinand von Mueller. I found my old highly regarded friend, who...
          • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Society of New South Wales, 1887-08-01.
            1/8/87. ¶ Gentlemen. ¶ ¶ Best thanks for sending me the two copies of the new part of your R. S. proceedings, ¶ which as usual is replet with novel records and original observations. It was with reg...
            • James Chalmers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-08-04.
              Lee Lodge, ¶ Strangeways Terrace, W.A ¶ . ¶ North Adelaide?Chalmers, originally booked on RMSOrientto Sydney, left the vessel when it arrived in Adelaide on 3 August, and intended to remain a few days...
              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Adolf Engler, 1887-08-06.
                Melbourne 6/8/87 ¶ ¶ For a long time, noble friend, it was my intention to write to you, but because the Field Naturalists here requested a key to the system of plants of this Colony from me for thei...
                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Holland, 1887-09-20.
                  Melbourne, ¶ ¶ 20 Sept. 1887. ¶ To the Right Honorable Sir Henry Holland, Bt., P.C., G.C.M.G., M.P. &c ¶ H.M's Secretary of State for the Colonies. ¶ ¶ It is to me a source of great pleasure, most ...
                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Macdonald, 1887-10-06.
                    6/10/87 ¶ ¶ This morning, dear Mr Macdonald, I received the enclosed letter ¶ G. S.Fortto M, 5 October 1887. ¶ ¶ from Mr Fort. It seems to me that we should seize on the chance of having the Governo...
                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Forbes, 1887-10-26.
                      Copy ¶ The copy is written in an unknown hand with some corrections by M. ¶ Melbourne. ¶ 26. Oct. 1887. ¶ ¶ In my whole career, dear Mr Forbes, I had never an occasion, to write an unfriendly letter ...
                      • John Duff to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-12-??.
                        ¶ [The Government, at the instance of the Shoalhaven A. and H. A. ¶ have dispatched Mr. Duff, a competent botanist, to visit the local scenes of the potato disease mentioned in our last and precedin...
                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Woolls, 1888-01-12.
                          12/1/88 ¶ ¶ The Acacia, allied to A. polybatrya, ¶ dear Dr Woolls, was first brought under my notice by Mr F. M. Bailey and so I named it at once after him informing him to that effect. I placed it ...
                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1888-01-23.
                            23/1/88 ¶ ¶ You will have been surprised, esteemed Mr Tepper, that I have not yet previously acknowledged the receipt of your fine paper. ¶ However, I have been overloaded so much with official duti...
                            • Samuel Davenport to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1888-02-12.
                              Adelaide — 12 Feb /88 ¶ My dear Baron, ¶ ¶ Do not think me negligent in not having replied to your letter conveying for your Geographical Society their with your sympathy at the Illness of Sir Thomas...
                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Lawes, 1888-03-19.
                                copy ¶ Melbourne 19/3/88. ¶ To the Rev. W. G. Lawes, F.R.G.S., ¶ Representative of the R.G.S.A. ¶ for New Guinea &c. ¶ ¶ It was the intention of the geographic Council of Victoria, reverend Sir, to ...
                                • Theodore Bevan to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1888-05-11.
                                  Geographical Society of ¶ AUSTRALASIA. ¶ INSTITUTED 1883 ¶ NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH. ¶ Sydney ¶ 11 May ¶ 188 ¶ 8...
                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1888-05-23.
                                    23/5/88. ¶ ¶ My principal reason for writing this time, dear Prof Dyer, is to say, that Mr Frogatt, ¶ i.e. WalterFroggatt. ¶ ¶ who was Entomologist to Capt Everill's New Guinea Expedition, and who h...
                                    • W. Schwarz to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1888-05-30.
                                      Hermannsberg ¶ NT, as are all places mentioned. ¶ ¶ 30/5 1888. ¶ Dear Baron ¶ ¶ Firstly accept my sincerest greetings and thanks as reply to your kind letter of New Year's Eve 1887, ¶ Letter not fou...
                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1888-11-17.
                                        17/11/88 ¶ ¶ Should you, esteemed Mr Tepper, also have submitted specimens of ¶ Pomatotheca ¶ to Professor Tate, I should like to ask you particularly to tell him that your material in part consist...
                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Fred Turner, 1888-11-21.
                                          21/11/88 ¶ ¶ Amidst many extra engagements, dear Mr Turner, just now, I write only a few lines, to acknowledge your kind letter and the sending of your important prints. The latter shall be duely uti...
                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Friedrich Krichauff, 1888-11-24.
                                            ¶ 24/11/88 ¶ ¶ Yesterday evening, my dear Krichauff, I received your kind letter. ¶ Letter not found. ¶ ¶ Please accept my best thanks for your felicitation on the brilliant event in my scientific ...
                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Wilson, 1889-01-13.
                                              Melbourne, ¶ 13 Jan. 1889. ¶ T. R. Wilson Esqr, ¶ Undersecretary ¶ Sir...
                                              • Alfred Howitt to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1889-01-26.
                                                Sale ¶ Jany 26 /89 ¶ Dear Baron ¶ ¶ I send you by this post some fresh samples of the "Stringybark" Eucalypt of which I spoke to you the other day. ¶ You will from them be able to see I hope how the...
                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Bayley Balfour, 1889-01-27.
                                                  27/1/89 ¶ ¶ If you allow me, dear Prof Balfour, I will send you from time to time fresh seeds, — when obtainable —, of any Australian Everlastings, with a view to you kindly causing them to be raised...
                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Hocken, 1889-02-01.
                                                    1/2/89 ¶ ¶ It is very pleasing to me, dear Dr Hocken, that you think so well of the small volume on "select extratropic plants". ¶ B88.12.01. ¶ ¶ To medical practitioners it is of some use also, as ...
                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Francis Barnard, 1889-02-19.
                                                      19/2/89 ¶ ¶ I had written a letter to you, dear Mr Barnard, to excuse my absense at the Deputation to day, as I am not quite well; but the letter, instead of being given to you at the Lands-Office we...
                                                      • Thomas Weir to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1889-03-05.
                                                        Cambewarra, Shoalhaven, New South Wales, ¶ March 5th 1889. ¶ Honoured Sir, ¶ ¶ I cannot get over the idea that the outer bark of the tree which, surprisingly enough is new to you, may yet be utilised...
                                                        • Thomas Wilson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1889-04-09.
                                                          9 April [18]89. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I beg to enclose for your perusal an extract from a letter from Surgeon K. R. Kirtikar of H. M. Bombay Army, conveying to the Government his appreciation of the kindness sho...
                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Wilson, 1889-04-11.
                                                            Melbourne, ¶ 11 April 1889. ¶ T. R. Wilson Esqr, ¶ Undersecretary &c ¶ Sir...
                                                            • Charles Birch to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1889-04-27.
                                                              Proserpine River 27/4/89 ¶ "Bowen" Queensland ¶ ¶ I send you by this mail my dear Baron the ¶ fruit ¶ accompanied with the flowers of a plant of which you requested me a long time ago to get the fo...
                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Wilson, 1889-05-23.
                                                                Melbourne, ¶ 23/5/89. ¶ T. R. Wilson Esqr, ¶ Under-Secretary, ¶ Melbourne....
                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Editor of the Argus, 1889-05-23.
                                                                  Sir, — ¶ ¶ As in your highly valuable journal of yesterday and this day ¶ my name has been alluded to in reference to the giant trees of Australia, and as some of the remarks might imply that in my ...
                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh, 1889-05-30.
                                                                    30/5/89 ¶ ¶ During the medical congress in Melbourne in January 1889, at which I was president of the therapeutic section, esteemed Professor, I asked the physician delegated to us by the Government ...
                                                                    • Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1889-05-31.
                                                                      ¶ [Re northern Visit]...
                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Elliott, 1889-06-??.
                                                                        Dear Dr Elliott. ¶ — ¶ ¶ When I had the pleasure of meeting you again in Melbourne, you requested me to send you a memorandum about the requirements of my department from your regions; and as you ev...
                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Morton, 1889-08-??.
                                                                          August 1889 ¶ ¶ [The Secretary (Mr. Alex. Morton) stated that since the last meeting, ¶ at which the question of the height of some of the tallest Tasmanian trees had been discussed, he had been mak...
                                                                          • Jemima Irvine to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1889-09-30.
                                                                            Corona Station ¶ In the Barrier Range, north of present-day Broken Hill, NSW. ¶ Septr 30th /89. ¶ Baron von Mueller. ¶ Dear Sir ¶ ¶ By this mail I am sending you a box of plants. My last from here I ...
                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1889-11-08.
                                                                              8/11/89 ¶ ¶ You deserve every recognition, dear Mr Tepper, for drawing up such an extensive catalogue of insects. ¶ If you come to the Australasian Association ¶ I would ask you particularly to dev...
                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Woolls, 1889-11-24.
                                                                                Burwood ¶ Nov 24/89 ¶ My dear Baron, ¶ ¶ On my way from Church to-day, I saw some ¶ Chenopodium triangulare ¶ growing by the road side, but the flowers are not yet formed. This plant is common ever...
                                                                                • John Reid to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1889-12-11.
                                                                                  COFFEE PALACE ¶ GRAND CENTRAL ¶ 151 CLARENCE ST. ¶ SYDNEY ¶ Dec 11 — ¶ 18 ¶ 89...
                                                                                  • Fridtjof Nansen to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890-??-??.
                                                                                    ¶ [Baron Von Mueller has received a letter from Dr. Nansen, the well-known explorer of Greenland, who regrets that he cannot visit Australia this year, but hopes that the Royal Geographical Society o...
                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Fridtjof Nansen, 1890-??-??.
                                                                                      ¶ [Dr. Frithiof Nansen has recently received a letter from Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, the president of the Geographical Society, Melbourne, in which the writer pays a very handsome compliment to th...
                                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Richard Owen, 1890-01-01.
                                                                                        Newyear 1890 ¶ ¶ This is the first hour in the last decade of the 19th Century, dear Sir Richard, and I devote the commencing moments to offering ¶ you ¶ my best felicitation at this festive event,...
                                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Wilson, 1890-01-10.
                                                                                          Melbourne ¶ Jan 1890. ¶ Mmust have writtenthis letterno more than a few days before the outings to which he refers. It is here assumed that he wrote on the Friday preceding the visit to Ballarat. ¶ T....
                                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edmund Goeze, 1890-04-??.
                                                                                            ¶ It may be of interest to you for your journal that at the large autumn exhibition of the local horticultural society I have brought mirrors into use for the first time. The effect is splendid. The ...
                                                                                            • Fridtjof Nansen to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890-04-23.
                                                                                              Kristiania, ¶ April 23, 1890. ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ Pray accept my heartiest thanks for the copy of your most interesting and important address ¶ to the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, whic...
                                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Fridtjof Nansen, 1890-06-17.
                                                                                                17/6/90 ¶ ¶ It was very gratifying for me, dear Dr Nansen, to receive your kind letter and the printed account of your propositions for a new arctic expedition. ¶ Undoubtedly your plan is the most f...
                                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1890-07-06.
                                                                                                  6/7/90 ¶ ¶ Among other work this day, dear Prof. Tate, in the quietness of Sunday, I have looked at some of your plants. You sent a curious Maba from the Adelaide-River, ¶ which I will carefully com...
                                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Wilson, 1890-08-30.
                                                                                                    POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS ¶ From ¶ ¶ Melbourne ¶ ¶ Date ¶ d ¶ Au 30 1890 ¶ Telegram for ¶ ¶ Under ¶ ¶ Secretary ¶ ¶ Nearly million sheets botanic specimens require attention for progressive science ...
                                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Maurice Holtze, 1890-08-31.
                                                                                                      31/8/90. ¶ ¶ Your No. 1056 is a new ¶ Habenaria ¶ , dear Mr Holtze, which I have named in your honour. ¶ Is the plant rare? You have sent me only one specimen. ¶ ¶ I'm pleased that you are giving ...
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