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Ferdinand von Mueller

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  • George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-11-23.
    25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ Novr 23 /71 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I am very happy to hear from your letter to Dr Hooker that you have got over your troubles that had annoyed you so long. ¶ ¶ I have now gone th...
    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Louis Agassiz, 1871-11-29.
      Melbourne, Bot. Garden, Nov. 29/71. ¶ ¶ A favorable opportunity has arisen, dear Prof Agassiz, to send you some more fishes by one of the American Woolships. The new wool trade with your country will...
      • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1871-11-30.
        Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 30/11//71 ¶ ¶ In the Signs of this morning, dear Mr Odgers, I see a notice of complaint, according to which the gates of the bot. Garden have not been opened in due time, at 6...
        • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bennett, 1871-12-??.
          ¶ [From a letter just received from my friend Dr. von Mueller, I find he proposes, in conjunction with Mr. C. Moore, to dedicate this plant [Iris Robinsoniana] to our future governor, Sir Hercules Ro...
          • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Editor of the Australasian, 1871-12-??.
            Sir, — ¶ ¶ There are not less than 110 different species of saltbush already found in Australia, described largely from my own collections and examinations in the fifth volume of the ¶ Flora of Aust...
            • Alexander Forrest to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-??.
              [Mr. Alexander Forrest, the young West Australian explorer, writing to Baron Von Mueller, states that he penetrated eastward from Perth about 600 miles, therefore a long distance beyond Hampton Plains...
              • Ferdinand von Mueller to L.W.C, 1871-12-??.
                Many thanks for the fragments of the two rare plants you sent me, both are known but from other localities ¶ &c &c &cinterpolated following a closing quotation mark. ¶ ¶ I wish you could induce all i...
                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Bowman, 1871-12-??.
                  The best thing to save flocks and cattle that have fed on ¶ Gastrolobium ¶ , is to prevent them from drinking for a while. No antidote is as yet known to me; but my opportunities for experiment are v...
                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1871-12-??.
                    In candour, I must confess that I feel somewhat disappointed with the scantiness of contributions of plants from your country, and with the paucity of amateur collectors. When I consider how, in many ...
                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Marcus Clarke, 1871-12-01.
                      Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 1/12/71 ¶ ¶ Let me thank you, dear Mr Clarke, for the very handsome manner, in which you alluded in your preface to my forest lecture. ¶ It is very pleasing to me, to see my l...
                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Johan Lange, 1871-12-01.
                        Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 1 December 1871. ¶ ¶ Today, noble friend, I met the venerable Consul J. B. Were and I must confess that I heard with regret, that so far his wishes still remain unfulfille...
                        • Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-01.
                          Decr 1 /71 ¶ Dear Mueller ¶ ¶ Let me congratulate you heartily on your release from the worries and anxieties of your anomalous position, ¶ & next on the accession of your dignities which though not...
                          • Wilhelm Sonder to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-01.
                            Hamburg, 1 December 1871. ¶ My dear friend, ¶ ¶ Since the day before yesterday I have the following articles in my possession: 1. a map of Melbourne; 2. a pamphlet for the natural history society; ¶ ...
                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1871-12-01.
                              Melbourne bot garden ¶ 1/12/71. ¶ ¶ Since I wrote last, dear Dr Hooker, I was able to secure yet for the Niagara stems of ¶ ¶ Dicksonia squarrosa ¶ ¶ Cyathea dealbata [&]...
                              • 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...
                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh, 1871-12-03.
                                  Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 3 December 1871. ¶ ¶ Enclosed, noble Sir, I am sending you a few seaweeds from Port Denison, ¶ which might be welcome to you. ¶ ¶ Since I last wrote, I also have fresh ...
                                  • Robert Perrott to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-05.
                                    Haroldston ¶ Armidale New England ¶ N. S. Wales ¶ 5th December 1871 ¶ My dear Dr Mueller,...
                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1871-12-06.
                                      Melbourne bot. Garden, ¶ 6/12/71. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to draw your considerate attention to the circumstance, that at the time, when for the financial year 1871-1872 a further reduction of the...
                                      • Lord Granville to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-08.
                                        8 December, 1871. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have to thank you for the very interesting volume of lectures and documents bearing on industrial researches, ¶ which you have been good enough to send me, and which I...
                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Leader, 1871-12-08.
                                          The plant sent by Mr. Thos. Hanson, of Glen Thompson, ¶ Vic. ¶ as probably poisonous is botanically known as Minuranthes ¶ Typesetter's misreading of Minuranthus? ¶ gnaphaloides, and belongs to a tr...
                                          • the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-09.
                                            Wotton ¶ Aylesbury ¶ Dec. 9. 1871 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have to thank you for a copy of the Lectures &c. ¶ by you &c I have read them with much interest — as I did a former volume which you sent me while at t...
                                            • Carl XV, King of Sweden and Norway to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-09.
                                              WE Carl, ¶ by the Grace of God, King of the Swedes, Norsemen, ¶ Goths and Wends ¶ ¶ Be it known: That, as has come to Our knowledge, the service and qualities through which the Director of the Botani...
                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1871-12-12.
                                                ¶ The Director of the botanic Garden feels, after the return of these accounts, that if he remained tacit, he would be admitting, having incurred this expenditure unnecessarily. The Director ventures...
                                                • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-13.
                                                  Chief Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne 13th December 1871. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to transmit herewith two copies of Part XIII of Major Beddome's work on the Flora Sylvatica of Southern India, ¶ B...
                                                  • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-13.
                                                    Chief Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne 13th Decr. 1871. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ In reply to your letter asking for instructions as to the further employment of W. Smith, ¶ I am directed by the Chief Secretary to i...
                                                    • William Greig and others to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1871-12-14.
                                                      Report of the Board upon the Botanical Gardens. ¶ To the Hon. C. G. Duffy ¶ Chief Secretary. ¶ ¶ We, the Board appointed by the Governor in Council "to inquire into and report on the Changes that may...
                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Michael Guilfoyle, 1871-12-15.
                                                        Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 15/12/71. ¶ ¶ Your excellent son, dear Mr Guilfoyle, asked me, when sending the plants kindly from the Tweed, ¶ William Guilfoyle was managing the family property at Cudgen,Twe...
                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1871-12-15.
                                                          Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 15/12/71. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of two copies of part XIII of Major Beddome's flora silvatica, ¶ Beddome (1869-74). See W. Odgers to M, 13 Dece...
                                                          • Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-17.
                                                            Dec 17 /71 ¶ Dear Von Mueller ¶ ¶ I have often tried to identify our Australian Palms, but hitherto in vain. Will you tell me what the Palm figured in Botanical Magazine t. 4961 as ¶ ¶ Seaforthia el...
                                                            • Johann von Wächter to Christoph Friedrich von Stälin, 1871-12-18.
                                                              Letter to the Herald of Arms ¶ Oberstudienrath Stälin ¶ Your Honour ¶ ¶ It is known from the announcement in the ¶ Staatsanzeiger ¶ that His Majesty the King in consequence of the decision of 6 Jul...
                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1871-12-19.
                                                                ¶ [Asking for an opportunity to comment on Report of Botanical Garden Inquiry Board]...
                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Asa Gray, 1871-12-20.
                                                                  Melbourne bot Garden, ¶ 20/12/71. ¶ ¶ By the ship Nardoo, dear Professor Gray, which sails from here direct to Boston, you will receive through the mediation of its friendly Captain a package of muse...
                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Samuel Hannaford, 1871-12-22.
                                                                    Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 22/12/71 ¶ ¶ Allow me to remind you, dear Mr Hannaford, that the pods of Pultenaea diffusa remained hitherto unknown and are likely ripening now. ¶ ¶ Trusting that you fully r...
                                                                    • George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-25.
                                                                      25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ Decr 25 /71 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I can now at last report that I am fairly at work at the sixth vol. of Flora Australiensis ¶ and if health and strength admit hope to go on ste...
                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1871-12-29.
                                                                        Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 29/12/71 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge with best thanks the receipt of two copies of part 14 of Major Beddome's Flora Sylvatica, ¶ Beddome (1869-74).Turner (2012),...
                                                                        • […] to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-??-??.
                                                                          ¶ [Acacia Melanoxylon, the celebrated Black-Wood of Australia, used in the manufacture of railway coaches, interior finish, etc. These seeds were ordered from and selected by Baron Von Mueller, of Me...
                                                                          • Thadeus O'Kane to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-??-??.
                                                                            Bulletin Office ¶ Rockhampton ¶ Dec 21st ¶ Dear Sir. ¶ ¶ The enclosed Creeper was found by Mr Robert Hewell about 30 miles north of Rockhampton in the coast lands. The fruit looks like mulberry. It i...
                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to a friend in New South Wales, 1872-??-??.
                                                                              Pray do not think about the desirability of moving my head-quarters. I am now after 25,000 miles of travel in Australia and at the age of 47, no longer able to commence the world ¶ Misreading of 'work...
                                                                              • Charles Birch to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-01-??.
                                                                                ¶ I have made a geographical discovery, which with a single exception in Queensland has not its equal and the naming of which I leave to you. ¶ ¶ Leaving Bowen Downs I passed over about 33 English ...
                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Lewis Bernays, 1872-01-??.
                                                                                  Mr. Charles Weldon Birch has lately performed some exploring trips about the Thomson River. ¶ Qld. ¶ In the ranges between the Belyando and Upper Thomson River he found numerous springs. About twent...
                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edmund Goeze, 1872-01-??.
                                                                                    [In a letter that has been received by the most dignified inspector of the Botanic Garden of Coimbra, Mr Ed. Goeze, Baron F. von Mueller of Melbourne announces to him two new plants that he describes....
                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1872-01-??.
                                                                                      ¶ I thank you very much, dear Dr Hooker, for your gratulation to my new rank. ¶ I attach particular value to it, as it can be shared by a ¶ Lady ¶ and thus may help me to build up, though late in ...
                                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to August Petermann, 1872-01-01.
                                                                                        Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ New Year's Day 1872. ¶ ¶ Accept, noble Sir, my festive greetings, even though they are arriving late. May the year be a geographically great one! ¶ ¶ Mr Alex Forrest, the...
                                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1872-01-01.
                                                                                          Virtute Ingienioque Valemus ¶ Embossed letterhead incorporating the design for his baronial coat of arms that M had sent to Stuttgert (see M to J. von Wächter, 8 October 1871(in this edition as 71-10-...
                                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Lindberg, 1872-01-01.
                                                                                            Melbourne bot. Garden, / ¶ Newyears day 1872 ¶ ¶ Accept, dear Prof. Lindberg, my best felicitation for the new year, and let me hope that it will be to you a joyous one! It was with much sadness, tha...
                                                                                            • Edwin Daintrey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-01-03.
                                                                                              Syd ¶ Sydney. ¶ ¶ Jan. 3. 1872. ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ I am glad that the ¶ ¶ Cryptostylis erecta ¶ ¶ reached you in safety. ¶ No earlier letter to or from Daintrey has been found, but the Daintrey sp...
                                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1872-01-03.
                                                                                                ¶ [Asks that no action be taken in Re Report ¶ until he has had time to prepare his defence]...
                                                                                                • David Boyle to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-01-04.
                                                                                                  Nunawading ¶ Jan. 4th/72 ¶ Dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have found some of the tall Palm like tree ferns — in a deep Elivated Gully on the Eastern side of the Dandinong ranges the stems are thin at the thickest 3...
                                                                                                  • Christoph Friedrich von Stälin to Johann von Wächter, 1872-01-04.
                                                                                                    Stuttgart 4 January 1872 ¶ To the Royal Ministry for Foreign Affairs. ¶ Report of Herald of Arms Stälin ¶ Reference: Baron von Mueller’s arms. ¶ Royal Ministry...
                                                                                                    • Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-01-05.
                                                                                                      Office of Lands & Survey. ¶ Melbourne 5th Jany 1872. ¶ Sir. ¶ ¶ I have the honor by direction of the Honorable the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey to forward for your perusal and remarks the a...
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