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Ferdinand von Mueller

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  • the South Kensington Museum to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-02-11.
    SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. ¶ The Director ¶ is desired to convey to ¶ Baron Ferd: Von Mueller M.D. ¶ etc: ¶ ¶ etc: ¶ ¶ etc: ¶ the ¶ Thanks ¶ of the ¶ Lords of the Committee of Council on Educati...
    • John Thurston to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-02-12.
      per S. S. "Suva" ¶ . ¶ Fiji 12th February 1879 ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ I am really ashamed at having failed to send you the flowers of the plantain for which You wrote so many months ago. ¶ The fact is t...
      • Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-02-12.
        ¶ [Sent Baron Mueller notes & specimen drawing his attention to the supposed Paspalum distichum of our gutters being a Panicum ¶ &c]...
        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Odoardo Beccari, 1879-02-16.
          16/2/79 ¶ I write a few lines to you, dear Dr Beccari, assuming that by this time you have quietly settled down at your post in Florence, and altho' ¶ ¶ you will not rest on your ¶ ¶ " ¶ laurels ¶ "...
          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ernst Behm, 1879-02-18.
            18/2/79 ¶ ¶ It will interest you to learn, dear Doctor, that Mr Tietkens, the companion of Giles ¶ Ernest Giles. ¶ ¶ in his 2nd and 3rd journeys, will now lead his own camel expedition as "Surveyor"...
            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl Mayer, 1879-02-20.
              20/2/79 ¶ ¶ In the next few days, respected Director, a favourable opportunity is offered to me to dispatch some freshly obtained tree ferns of our mountains from here to Europe and it is my intentio...
              • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Engelmann, 1879-02-22.
                22/2/79 ¶ ¶ A long time has passed noble friend since I have written to you directly, ¶ but in the meantime you will have received several of my recent publications. I owe you my best thanks for the...
                • Arthur Morrah to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-02-25.
                  Office of Lands & Survey, ¶ Melbourne, 25th. February 1879. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 20th instant, ¶ and to inform you that Mr. Steel was appointed a Trustee of ...
                  • Charles Birch to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-02-25.
                    "Clermont" Queensland. 25th Feby 1879 ¶ ¶ I trust you will my dear Baron excuse my pencil note the weather is so hot that the ink dries nearly as rapidly as I put it in the pen. I send you two specim...
                    • Charles Fawcett to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-02-28.
                      Ballina. ¶ 28 Feby 79 ¶ My dear Baron, ¶ ¶ I beg to acknowledge with many thanks the receipt of "Select Plants" & Wittstein's translated Work. ¶ I was very near missing the Halfordia as we have had ...
                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Meehan, 1879-03-??.
                        ¶ [ ¶ Do Snakes Swallow their Young ¶ ? Mr. ¶ Meehan ¶ remarked that European zoologists yet seemed incredulous that young snakes would enter their mothers' mouths for protection when frightened. H...
                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Johnston, 1879-03-??.
                          [ ¶ I submitted the fruits to Baron Von Müeller, who is praiseworthily investigating the paleophytology of Victoria and New South Wales, and he not only confirmed my opinion, but declared that in one ...
                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to the California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, 1879-03-??.
                            ¶ [We again return thanks to our esteemed friend Baron ¶ von Mueller ¶ , of Melbourne, for valuable Seeds. ¶ ]...
                            • John Boyd to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-03-??.
                              No. ¶ 218 ¶ TOWN OF EMERALD HILL ¶ In ordine Primum ¶ Laying of the Foundation Stone ¶ of the...
                              • F. Kilner to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-03-05.
                                Custom House ¶ Rockhampton ¶ 5th March 1879 ¶ Dear Baron ¶ ¶ About a fortnight ago I received your letter of the 3rd January ¶ asking me if I could procure a specimen of an alligator for a friend o...
                                • George Day to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-03-06.
                                  Little Bendigo ¶ March 6th 1879 ¶ To Dr Baron von Mueller ¶ Dear Baron ¶ ¶ I send you a few notes on several things and would have sent you them before but I went to South Gippsland to see about a se...
                                  • Charles Moore to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-03-11.
                                    Sydney 11th March 1879 ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ Pray do not hurry yourself with the specimens of the Polynesian plants, but keep them as long as you choose. I am now making arrangements for sending a coll...
                                    • Frederick Le Patourel to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-03-12.
                                      12th March 1879. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ By direction of H. E. the Governor ¶ I have the honor to convey to you the thanks of Her Majesty's Government for the trouble you have taken in the collection of Eucalypt...
                                      • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-03-13.
                                        Chief Secretary's Office, ¶ Melbourne, ¶ 13th March ¶ 1879 ¶ Sir, ¶ I have the honor to transmit herewith the ¶ books ¶ noted in the margin, ¶ received from the Agent General. ¶ I have the honor ...
                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Redmond Barry, 1879-03-13.
                                          13/3/79 ¶ ¶ Allow me, dear Sir Redmond, to offer to the trustees of the publ. Library ten copies of my enlarged English Edition of Dr Wittsteins organic-chemical constituents of plants. ¶ I send thi...
                                          • Charles Fawcett to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-03-13.
                                            Ballina. ¶ 13 March. 79. ¶ My dear Baron, ¶ ¶ I fear I have got into sad confusion of late respecting my numbers, in consequence of the loss of a memorandum. I sent a parcel to the Steamer yesterday...
                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1879-03-14.
                                              Melbourne ¶ 14/3/79. ¶ W.H.Odgers Esqr &c ¶ Undersecretary. ¶ Sir,...
                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Buchanan, 1879-03-15.
                                                15/3/79. ¶ ¶ Allow me to ask you, dear Mr Buchanan, ¶ whether you can spare me a perfect specimen of Rumex flexuosus. I have the plant only in an imperfect state from Prof Kirk ¶ with no ripe fruit...
                                                • Charles Fawcett to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-03-17.
                                                  Ballina. ¶ NSW. ¶ ¶ 17 March. 79. ¶ My dear Baron, ¶ ¶ I was this day brought an orchid in rather an imperfect state. It grows in clefts or holes of trees, described as white. The leaf & flower rese...
                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Buchanan, 1879-03-19.
                                                    19/3/79 ¶ ¶ I was pleased, dear Mr Buchanan, ¶ to get your letter of the 10th ¶ & the specimen of the supposed Zannichellia. ¶ It is probably Lepilaena, (as I predicted formerly the N.Z. plant to ...
                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1879-03-19.
                                                      19/3/79 ¶ ¶ I am writing to you this time, dear and learned friend, to ask you whether it lies in your province to see worked up a future collection of longicorn coleoptera, since of course such a tr...
                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Decaisne, 1879-03-20.
                                                        20/3/79. ¶ ¶ I have to thank you, venerable and learned friend, for your goodness of sending me an original specimen of Lepidosperma squamatum of Labill, ¶ which will enable me to refer to this spec...
                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Munro, 1879-03-20.
                                                          20/3/79 ¶ ¶ Allow me, dear General Munro, to consult you as the great investigator of Gramineae, in reference to the Australian species of Phragmites. Mr Bentham has admitted in the flora Australiens...
                                                          • Charles Fawcett to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-03-21.
                                                            Ballina ¶ NSW. ¶ 21 March 79. ¶ My dear Baron, ¶ ¶ I have only time to enclose a paper respecting the fig which I made out where I got your letter. ¶ Letter not found. ¶ ¶ I have seen this fig (I su...
                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Hugo Meltzl, 1879-03-25.
                                                              Melbourne, March 25, 1879. ¶ Noble Sir! ¶ ¶ I was very pleased today to get the letter from Prof. Strong ¶ in which he asked me to inform you about the Australian Brassaias with which Endlicher, you...
                                                              • J. Ednie Brown to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-03-26.
                                                                Memo. ¶ To Baron F. Von Mueller. M.D. ¶ Government Botanist ¶ Victoria ¶ ¶ Branchlet of " ¶ Box ¶ " from Wirrabara Forest Reserve....
                                                                • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-03-31.
                                                                  Chief Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne 31 March 1879 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to request that you will be so good as to furnish not later than the 15th proximo an estimate of the probable revenue an...
                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Shillinglaw, 1879-03-31.
                                                                    31/3/79 ¶ ¶ Herewith, dear Mr Shillinglaw, I return the letter of Sir Joseph. ¶ Why is it necessary to dwell so much on ¶ Jorgenson? ¶ after his degraded life? He can add neither ¶ lustre ¶ nor ...
                                                                    • William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-03-31.
                                                                      Richmond ¶ March 31 /79 ¶ My dear Baron, ¶ ¶ I send you a paragraph from to-day's ¶ Herald ¶ . ¶ It will make the subject known. We have lately come upon a fossil fern or aquatic plant in sandstone...
                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Bage, 1879-03-31.
                                                                        31/3/79. ¶ ¶ The high Eucalypts, dear Mr Bage, which I measured between Fernshaw and Marysville ¶ were all near the macadamized road, though some deep down in the vallies. I have my manuscript notes...
                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, 1879-04-??.
                                                                          ¶ Let me thank you for your kindness, in forwarding so liberal a supply of seeds of the ¶ Euchlaena luxurians ¶ . ¶ This enables me to push this plant further through Australia than I could do 2 or...
                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1879-04-??.
                                                                            ¶ Areca Alicae ¶ was discovered by Mr. Walter Hill, at Trinity Bay, ¶ a few years ago, and introduced by him into the botanic garden of Brisbane. I find it a genuine Areca, although I have not seen...
                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Inquirer and Commercial News, Perth, 1879-04-??.
                                                                              I send you some small lots of ¶ Euchlaena luxurians ¶ , or ¶ Teosinthe ¶ of Mexico, a gigantic saccharine fodder-grass, concerning which I published a note in last year's volume of the Victorian Ac...
                                                                              • Robert King to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-04-01.
                                                                                ¶ I obtained it in a ravine at the back of Rushcutter's Bay, Port Jackson, ¶ where it was growing on sandstone boulders in moss almost within the reach of the drip from the overhanging rocks above. ...
                                                                                • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-04-02.
                                                                                  Chief Secretary's Office, ¶ Melbourne, ¶ 2nd April ¶ 1879 ¶ Sir, ¶ I have the honor to transmit herewith the ¶ ¶ books ¶ ¶ noted in the margin, ¶ ¶ received from the Agent General. ¶ I have th...
                                                                                  • George Singleton to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-04-02.
                                                                                    [Roma] ¶ 2nd April 1879 ¶ Baron Von Müller ¶ Melbourne ¶ Dear Sir...
                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Odoardo Beccari, 1879-04-05.
                                                                                      5/4/79 ¶ Herewith, dear Dr Beccari, I send you the fruits of a new Areca from Trinity Bay. ¶ The species is allied to A. triandra & A. oxycarpa. I have sent the description to Dr von Regels Garten-Fl...
                                                                                      • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-04-10.
                                                                                        Chief Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne 10th April 1879 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to request that you will be so good as to furnish the Honorable the Commissioner of Public Works before the 15th insta...
                                                                                        • Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-04-10.
                                                                                          ¶ [Sent Baron Mueller specimen of Dendrobium a species near D. ¶ rigidum ¶ ¶ I found this flower (the only one) on a plant at Bowen Park ¶ labeled from Daintree ¶ In general appearance of plant o...
                                                                                          • Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-04-12.
                                                                                            ¶ [Sent Baron Mueller a few grasses for his opinion relative to nomenclature ¶ No I. Sorghum sp near Sor. fulvum ¶ No II. Panicum ? gibbosum Bth ¶ No III. P. ¶ No IV. P....
                                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1879-04-13.
                                                                                              Easter 1879 ¶ ¶ Again, best of men and friend, a small consignment is ready for you from here, and then also another ¶ large ¶ Australian Crocodile will reach you specially packed. The latter alone...
                                                                                              • 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, 1879-04-14.
                                                                                                  Melbourne, ¶ 14 April 1879. ¶ W.H.Odgers Esqr. ¶ Undersecretary. ¶ Sir,...
                                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to James Patterson, 1879-04-14.
                                                                                                    Melbourne ¶ 14. April 1879. ¶ To the honorable ¶ the Commissioner of ¶ public works....
                                                                                                    • Patrick O'Shanesy to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-04-15.
                                                                                                      Cometville ¶ April 15 1879 ¶ Dear Baron von Mueller ¶ ¶ I have just received the names of the plants you so kindly sent ¶ for which I am very thankful. ¶ ¶ I have much pleasure in forwarding anoth...
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