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Ferdinand von Mueller

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  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Odoardo Beccari, 1877-12-31.
    On board of the "Assam" ¶ Newyears eve 1877. ¶ When returning from a phytographic excursion to Shark-Bay and other portions of West-Australia, dear Dr Beccari, I received your kind letter of the 10th ...
    • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Editor of the Australian Medical Journal, 1878-01-??.
      To the Editor of the Australian Medical Journal. ¶ Sir, — ¶ ¶ Possibly the practical application of the dioxide of hydrogen (O ¶ 2 ¶ H ¶ 2 ¶ ) according to Kingzett's method, as recorded in the ¶ T...
      • William Spicer to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1878-02-04.
        My dear Baron — ¶ ¶ Many thanks for 2 letters lately received. ¶ Since then I have communicated with Mr Aug. Simson respecting the Euc. virgata (?), which flourishes in his neighbourhood, Georges Ba...
        • Malcolm Fraser to [Roger Goldsworthy], 1878-04-20.
          Land and Survey Office ¶ , ¶ 20th April 1878 ¶ Memo. ¶ Free grant of 2000 acres in Western Australia from Crown to Mr. Ernest Giles for services rendered as an explorer, sold by him to Baron Von Muell...
          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1878-05-18.
            Private ¶ 18/5/78. ¶ ¶ It is so long, dear Sir Joseph, since I was honored with a letter from yourself, that I feel (after the arrival of your kind lines of 20 March), I ought to answer at once, the ...
            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Fawcett, 1878-05-20.
              Melbourne, 20 May, 1878 ¶ ¶ Herewith, dear Mr. Fawcett, I remind you of Bolbophyllum minutissimum (Dendrobium minutissimum: Fragmphytogr: Australiae, V, 95) ¶ , with a view that you will kindly draw ...
              • Henry Sheffield to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1878-06-13.
                June 13th [187]8 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to request that you will be so good as to sign and return to me the enclosed account ¶ on or before Monday the 17th inst. so that it may be forwarded to ...
                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1878-10-10.
                  Melbourne, 10/10/78 ¶ Dear Mr. Ramsay ¶ ¶ This letter reaches you from my sick bed, my assistant kindly writing it at my dictation. The Diatomaceae which you so kindly procured arrived safely during ...
                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alphonse de Candolle, 1878-10-11.
                    Melbourne, 11th October 1878 ¶ Mons. A. de Candolle ¶ Honored and dear Sir ¶ ¶ This is written to you from my sick bed by dictation, but I did not like the mail to pass without asking a favor from yo...
                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1878-11-??.
                      ¶ More than twenty years ago the late W. S. ¶ McLeay ¶ showed to the writer a very minute creeping Orchid, from the vicinity of Port Jackson, highly remarkable for its extremely small disk-like lea...
                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bowen, 1878-11-17.
                        Melbourne 17. Nov. 1878. ¶ To his Excellency Sir G. Bowen, ¶ G.C.M.G., Governor of Victoria. ¶ Sir. ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of a despatch received by your Excellency...
                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Pitt, 1878-11-17.
                          17/11/78. ¶ ¶ Herewith, dear Major Pitt, I send my letter of grateful acknowledgment of the generous manner, in which Sir Michael Hicks-Beach was pleased to recognize my cooperation with Mr Bentham. ...
                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to the California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, 1879-01-??.
                            ¶ [We shall give more from this valuable report ¶ and would tender our sincere thanks to our esteemed friend, Baron Ferd. ¶ von Mueller ¶ , a member of this Board for this highly valuable work.]...
                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1879-01-12.
                              12/1/79 ¶ ¶ Firstly, noble friend, I have to thank you for the attention that you devote to my collections and for the honour that ¶ ¶ has been ¶ ¶ done to ¶ ¶ me by yourself and your collaborator...
                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Bryan O'Loghlen, 1879-01-13.
                                QUARTERLY ESTIMATE. ¶ To the Honorable ¶ the Chief Secretary ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to submit for approval the following Estimate* of Expenditure during the ¶ 4 months ¶ ending ¶ 31st March ...
                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1879-02-??.
                                  ¶ No one ¶ should recommend the Eucalypts for utilitarian culture ¶ en gros ¶ in any region subject to severe frosts, nor can many species be cultivated in damp tropical lowlands, though the speci...
                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Shillinglaw, 1879-04-14.
                                    14/4/79 ¶ ¶ I dont think, dear Mr Shillinglaw, we ever made any arrangements concerning the ¶ biographic notes on R Brown ¶ . What help do you want, when & to what extent? ¶ I am likely soon away f...
                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1879-05-13.
                                      Melbourne ¶ 13 May 1879. ¶ W. H. Odgers Esqr ¶ Under Secretary. ¶ Sir,...
                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1879-08-16.
                                        16/8/79. ¶ ¶ Let me express to you my best thanks, dear Sir Joseph, for your generous felicitation to the ¶ unexpected ¶ high distinction, which the grace of her Majesty conferred on me. ¶ A congr...
                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1879-09-11.
                                          11/9/79. ¶ ¶ I have just received two copies of the W.A. Forest-report, ¶ dear Sir Joseph, which you were so good to see through the press. As the "Garonne" takes an extramail this afternoon, I hast...
                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1879-10-08.
                                            8/10/79. ¶ ¶ It is with delight, dear Mr Bentham, that I learn of the completion of the genera to the end of Dicotyledoneae! ¶ What a grand work! Had you & Sir Joseph never done any thing else, it w...
                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1879-10-08.
                                              8/10/79 ¶ ¶ It has given me extraordinary pleasure, noble Sir, that through your kindly goodwill all my previously found fishes have now received their exact naming, and are published clearly in a ne...
                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1879-10-11.
                                                11/10/79 ¶ ¶ I have spent some time on the examination of your leafless ¶ Prasophyllum ¶ (No. 238), dear fellow countryman, but have come to no conclusive results, because the few specimens were sh...
                                                • Thomas Kirk to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-11-15.
                                                  Wellington ¶ NZ. ¶ 15 ¶ ¶ Nov 1879 ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ Your first letter of 28 October with specimen of ¶ ¶ Cyathea ¶ ¶ " ¶ medullaris ¶ " of Victoria came to hand on the 8th inst. — the second of...
                                                  • Karl Staiger to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1880-01-29.
                                                    Queensland Laboratory ¶ Brisbane 29th January 1880 ¶ Esteemed Baron ¶ ¶ In reference to your esteemed letter of 18 January 1880 ¶ I have to mention together with New Year good wishes that the name B...
                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1880-02-??.
                                                      ¶ A few weeks ago ¶ death carried very suddenly away Mr. G. ¶ Maxwell ¶ , at King George's Sound. ¶ He was found dead in his bed. Although he felt ill the evening before in Albany, he rode back to...
                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Editor of the Age, 1880-02-20.
                                                        Sir, ¶ ¶ Ever since 1849, when I interchanged letters on the fate of Dr. Leichhardt with Sir Thomas Mitchell, ¶ See M to T. Mitchell, November 1851; no earlier letter from M to Mitchell has been foun...
                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Richard Owen, 1880-03-02.
                                                          2/[3]/80. ¶ ¶ In first instance, dear Professor Owen, let me thank you for your generous thoughts and wishes, bestowed on me in your letter of newyears day; ¶ and accept also my grateful recognition...
                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1880-03-04.
                                                            Melbourne, 4th March 1880 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ Referring to my letter of 13th May of last year, ¶ I have the honor to inform you, that I have now secured the remainder of the Acacia seeds required to complete ...
                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1880-03-22.
                                                              22/3/80. ¶ ¶ The remarkable fungus, sent by you, dear Mr Ramsay, ¶ See M to E. Ramsay, 15March 1880(in this edition as 80-03-15a). ¶ ¶ belongs to the genus Clavaria, I think; but my means for mycolo...
                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1880-04-06.
                                                                6/4/80. ¶ ¶ Would you have the kindness, dear Mr Tepper, to tell me, according to your extensive experience, whether you ¶ see ¶ the ¶ Buprestis ¶ beetle ¶ swarming on eucalypts on account of th...
                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1880-04-22.
                                                                  ¶ Seeds procured accordingly and account forwarded herewith. ¶ Ferd. von Mueller ¶ 22/4/80...
                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1880-05-13.
                                                                    13/5/80 ¶ Private ¶ ¶ Since I wrote, dear Sir Joseph, I had a visit from Dr M'Gillivray from Sandhurst, ¶ and he tells me, that Dr Dickie of Aberdeen and Sir Wyville Thomson (are or) were personally...
                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Asa Gray, 1880-05-16.
                                                                      Whitsunday ¶ 16/5/80. ¶ ¶ Since writing my first letter for this mail to you, ¶ revered friend, I have received the volume of the two lectures, ¶ which you so considerately presented to me. These ...
                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1880-06-26.
                                                                        26/6/80. ¶ ¶ This morning, dear fellow countryman, I received your kind letter of 19 June. ¶ The tobacco tree is ¶ Nicotiana glauca ¶ (from South America). ¶ ¶ There is a somewhat hairy variety o...
                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Gerhard Rohlfs, 1880-07-07.
                                                                          7/7/80. ¶ ¶ I felt very honoured, noble sir, to receive your kind letter ¶ Letter not found. ¶ ¶ and so to enter into direct communication with a highly celebrated contemporary and what is more that...
                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1880-07-27.
                                                                            27/7/80 ¶ ¶ Your beautiful pictures of the new Lepidopterae, dear Mr Tepper, shall go off with the next post to the Linnean Society. ¶ ¶ Best thanks for the information about ¶ Capsella ¶ . ¶ ¶ Me...
                                                                            • Otto Tepper to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1880-09-14.
                                                                              Ardrossan, ¶ 14th September, 1880. ¶ Highly revered Baron, ¶ ¶ I am again sending you a small parcel of plants with today's steamer, there will probably be a few amongst them which are new for me. ¶...
                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1880-10-21.
                                                                                21/10/80 ¶ ¶ Still I have not been able to carry out any thorough investigation on ¶ your ¶ Prasophyllum ¶ , dear Mr Tepper, ¶ but will do it when the work for the ¶ exhibition ¶ is over. In the...
                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1880-11-26.
                                                                                  26/11/80. ¶ ¶ I have to acknowledge, dear Mr Dyer, the receipt of the large packet of ¶ flowers ¶ of Panicum spectabile, which you kindly caused to be forwarded. ¶ I say flowers, because so far as...
                                                                                  • Charles Ledger to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-??-??.
                                                                                    ¶ [Mr. Ledger's name is well known throughout the world in connection with the introduction of the Alpaca to Australia. He relates that in 1856, while on his journey in Bolivia, he heard of the missi...
                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Baringhup and Maldon Agricultural Society, 1881-??-??.
                                                                                      [Our readers may be interested in the following account of how Algerian oats first came to be utilised in Victoria. Some twelve years since Baron von Mueller forwarded a small parcel of the oats to th...
                                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry, 1881-01-11.
                                                                                        Melbourne 11/1/81. ¶ To the honorable Graham Berry, M.L.A, ¶ Premier of Victoria &c. ¶ ¶ I deem it but right, honored Sir, to mention after the enlightened interest, which you evince in the question ...
                                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Jean Müller, 1881-01-12.
                                                                                          12/1/81 ¶ ¶ The post just brings me, highly esteemed Professor, your friendly letter of 26 November ¶ and I thank you for the naming of the last lichens. The rapid working through of such material e...
                                                                                          • George Goyder to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-03-03.
                                                                                            3.3.81 ¶ My dear Baron Müeller, ¶ ¶ I enclose plans asked [for] ¶ It is not known what plans and other documents were requested and supplied. M to G. Goyder, 12 April 1881 (in this edition as 81-04-1...
                                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1881-03-16.
                                                                                              16/3/81. ¶ ¶ In reply to your kind letter of the 21 Jan., ¶ dear Sir Joseph, let me say, that the plates for the 7th & 8th decade of the Eucalyptography ¶ are ready; but the extra duties for the ex...
                                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Langridge, 1881-03-21.
                                                                                                Melbourne, ¶ 21 March 1881. ¶ To the honorable G. D. Langridge, M.L.A., ¶ Minister of public works ¶ Sir,...
                                                                                                • William Gosse to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-04-08.
                                                                                                  8th April, 81 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd ultimo, ¶ Letter not found. ¶ ¶ relative ¶ ¶ to your book on select plants for industrial culture, ¶ G. Goyder to...
                                                                                                  • Robert Curtis to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-04-13.
                                                                                                    13th April [18]81 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you that the Trustees have re-considered your offer of the collection of German Scientific Works of Herr Fischer, and I am instructed to inform...
                                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alessandro de Goyzueta, 1881-04-22.
                                                                                                      Melbourne, 22/4/81 ¶ To the Marquis di Toverena, ¶ Consul-General for Italy etc. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to transmit herewith a case of seeds, containing (fresh):...
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