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Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson, 1869-09-29.
Melbourne botan Garden, ¶ 29. Sept. 1869. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ Being aware, that it is intended to entrust the Gardener Mr W. Fergusen ¶ William Ferguson. ¶ ¶ with administrative duties in the botanic Garden, ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl Mücke, 1869-10-??.
¶ ¶ It is a joyful thought to me that you have formed the idea to spend the evening of your active life in this colony, where, I trust, if I should not die soon, to meet you often. May this evening ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to August Petermann, 1869-10-09.
9 October 1869. ¶ ¶ Herewith, esteemed Professor, I am sending you the first part of Mr Forrest's travel diary; ¶ Presumably what Petermann printed as J. Forrest (1870). ¶ ¶ the other half has not b...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Paul Ascherson, 1869-10-10.
Would it not be very interesting if a short essay appeared every year in one of our botanical journals, which showed us exactly which special events in the botanical world, journeys etc., happened jus...
W. Lockhart Morton to the Editor of the Argus, 1869-11-09.
Sir,— ¶ ¶ It has been represented to me that the public are ignorant of the circumstances referred to in my letter of Friday last, ¶ respecting the treatment of Dr. Von Mueller. The fact is, that th...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 1869-12-??.
¶ The fungus which causes here (in Australia) the terrible ROOT BLIGHT IN CEREALS (Take-all of the colonists) seems a new species of Xenodochus (X. Cerealium) allied to X. ligniperda, which destroys ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1869-12-04.
4/12/69 ¶ ¶ I was pleased, dear Mr Bentham, to hear of you again by last mail; ¶ and I am glad to learn, that you continue in good health, & progress so much with the flora. Of the supposed Garuga f...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-12-08.
Kew Decr 8 /69 ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ I have your's asking for ¶ Veratrum ¶ ¶ album ¶ & ¶ viride; ¶ I had already given orders for their being sent to you & we are also waiting until they shall ...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-12-10.
Cambridge Decr 10 /69 ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ I am here holding our Examination in Nat. Science & seize the interval to tell you that your friend Dr Rees called on me 2 days ago at Kew & spent the afte...
Wilhelm Sonder to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1869-12-16.
[…] ¶ After Dr Hooker in Kew in the first days of this month delivered a crate to me received by the ship ¶ Norfolk ¶ , I dared to expect that the large crate destined for Stuttgart might follow on ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1870-01-??.
January 1870. ¶ List of woods in the case sent per ¶ Lincolnshire ¶ ....
Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard Fenzl, 1870-01-01.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ New Year's Day 1870. ¶ ¶ Although I have no particular reason to contact you with these lines, revered Professor, I would, however, like to send you my greetings at the be...
John Dallachy to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-01-26.
¶ One root sent (in a growing state when put into box) of that Beautiful plant with the Stag leaves white flower and white fruit - put plenty of [Stones] in the box – it requires much running water [...
William Archer to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-01-26.
¶ [Encl. fruit specns of Caesia corymb., vitta. & parvifa. ¶ If I go to [Mts] wll look out for Herpolirion &c. & will if sccssfl, send him specns. &c Referd him to m letr of Augt last as to prtns of...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Henry, 1870-01-31.
Melbourne botan. Garden ¶ 31/1/70 ¶ ¶ In reply to your kind letter of the 25 Oct 69, ¶ J. Henry to M, 25 October 1869. ¶ ¶ dear Professor Henry, I need not assure you, that I shall be very happy to ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Julius Haast, 1870-02-05.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 5 February 1870. ¶ ¶ Several circumstances led to it, my honoured friend, that my private correspondence has recently fallen into arrears, and thus you, too, best of frien...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1870-02-27.
Melb. bot.Garden ¶ 27/2/70 ¶ ¶ Let me in first instance, dear Dr Hooker, offer my best gratulation to your long & well deserved honor of the Companionship of the Bath. ¶ May you long live to enjoy t...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Du Cane, 1870-03-18.
Melbourne botan. Garden ¶ 18/3/70 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ Having been favored by the Government of Tasmania some years ago with a number of ferntrees for the bot. Garden of Melbourne, I am anxious to show myself g...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard Fenzl, 1870-03-25.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 25 March 1870. ¶ ¶ The purpose of this letter, noble friend, is really only to give a sign of life from me. More than once in recent times I sat down for an extended lette...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1870-04-??.
List of wood specimens....
Ferdinand von Mueller to Johan Lange, 1870-04-??.
[...] ¶ ¶ And now I still must ask for your special indulgence, revered colleague, that I have not sent a large case of plants for your herbarium long ago. Building up this department here in a young...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Edmund Goeze, 1870-04-??.
If Cook, who visited these coasts with the pride of an explorer exactly a century ago, ¶ James Cook, on Endeavour, first sighted the Australian east coast on 20 April 1770. ¶ could once again see the...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1870-04-22.
22/4/70. ¶ ¶ As far as sparehours occasionally permit, dear Mr Bentham, I work quietly away on Monocotyledoneae, preparatory for your work, but these sparehours are and have been much diminished in n...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Paul Rohrbach, 1870-04-22.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 22 April 1870. ¶ ¶ I was pleasantly surprised, esteemed Doctor, by your kind letter, ¶ which arrived here a few days ago through the agency of our friend Dr Sonder. As I ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh, 1870-04-23.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 23 April 1870. ¶ ¶ I have the pleasant duty, noble Sir, to express my best thanks to you for the transmission of the ¶ Acta ¶ of the Lund University, also for the excell...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1870-04-23.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 23 April 1870. ¶ ¶ It has been been my intention for some time, noble Sir and friend, to reply to your last kind letter. ¶ However, many new obligations in my large depar...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Wadsworth, 1870-04-23.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 23/4/70 ¶ ¶ Will you be so kind, dear Mr Wadsworth, to apprize his Excellency Viscount Canterbury of my wish, to connect his honored name as a lasting mark of homage with one o...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Read, 1870-04-24.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 24/4/70. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20 inst and beg to assure the town council of Warnambool, ¶ that I will be very happy to s...
Albert Purchas to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-04-26.
Melbourne ¶ April 26: 1870 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor, by direction of the Trustees of the Melbourne General Cemetery, to request that you will favor them with some seeds or seedling plants of Pinus...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Albert Purchas, 1870-04-28.
Bot Gard. 28/4/70 ¶ ¶ It will afford me much pleasure, dear Mr Purchas, to supply again this season plants to the Cemetery, as far as they are available. I hope however, that in justice to my establi...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Julius Haast, 1870-04-30.
30 April 1870. ¶ ¶ It was a pleasure, dear Dr Haast, to meet your friend Dr Fischer. ¶ Carl Frank Fischer. ¶ ¶ Unfortunately with the continuing troubles in the Department my time did not permit me ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Southland Acclimatisation Society, 1870-05-??.
¶ [A letter from Dr ¶ ¶ Von ¶ ¶ Mueller ¶ , ¶ ¶ of Melbourne, relative to the treatment of the Californian tree seeds in the possession of the society was read, and arrangements made for the distr...
Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch, 1870-05-02.
Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 2/5/70. ¶ Sir ¶ I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to bring under the consideration of the honorable the President of the Board of Land and Works, that the m...
William Smith to James McCulloch, 1870-05-09.
William Smith was engaged at the Botanic Gardens in 1857 immediately after Dr Muellers appointment as director transferred to take charge of carry out the formation of the Zoological Gardens remained ...
David Coller to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-05-11.
11 May 1870 ¶ Dr Von Mueller Direct Bot gardens ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ Having been informed that William Smith is trying to com back to the Melb. Bot. Garden again I beg to draw your attention to the understandin...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1870-05-11.
11/5/70. ¶ ¶ Will you do me the favor, dear Mr Odgers, to let Sir James MacCulloch have an insight into the appended letter ¶ of one of my oldest employees. I am sure, that after becoming acquainted...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1870-05-20.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 20/5/70 ¶ ¶ Herewith, dear Dr Hooker, I beg to send you a curious Ranunculus, just discovered by Mr Th. Kirk at Waikati. ¶ In its dwarf state it resembles forms of Limosella a...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Gustav Zwanziger, 1870-05-20.
Melbourne, Botanic Garden, ¶ 20 May 1870. ¶ ¶ It is my pleasant duty, noble Mr Zwanziger, to acknowledge the arrival ¶ during the past few days ¶ of your kind letter of 30 June 1868 ¶ through the ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Higinbotham, 1870-05-24.
Melbourne Bot. Garden, ¶ 24/5/70 ¶ Sir. ¶ ¶ In reply to your letter, ¶ this day received, I have the honor to observe, that the distribution of plants to public institutions commenced in the beginni...
Thomas Higinbotham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-05-26.
26 May 70. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your letter of the 24th instant, stating that you will endeavour to supply the Department with the one hundred Pittos...
William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-05-26.
Chief Secretary's Office ¶ May 26th 1870. ¶ ¶ The Chief Secretary is surprised to hear that Gardener W. Smith has not yet been reemployed at the Botanic Gardens notwithstanding his direction that Smi...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1870-05-27.
27/5/70. ¶ ¶ The minute of the hon. the Chief Secretary, dated 23 May, ¶ reached me on Queens Birthday. Gardener W. Smith has not made his appearance since, though on a former similar occasion he ca...
Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch, 1870-05-31.
¶ [Forwds letter from Wm Smith asking that he may be paid his wages for the three weeks of his suspension] ¶ See W. Odgers to M, 26 May 1870 (in this edition as 70-05-26a)and notes thereto.Smith was ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch, 1870-06-03.
Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 3/6/70. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to express my best thanks for your goodness of providing for the repayment of the one hundred and fifty pounds, which two years ago I paid o...
Emil Grevsmühl to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-06-13.
Excelsior Hotel ¶ Bourke Street ¶ Melbourne, 13 June 1870 ¶ ¶ Dr von Mueller ¶ Esteemed Sir,...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Julius Haast, 1870-06-15.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 15 June 1870. ¶ ¶ I am pleased to hear, dear compatriot, that you are going to visit the west coast of Australia for a few months, to throw further light on the geognostic...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Moule, 1870-06-21.
Melb. Botan. Garden ¶ 21/6/70 ¶ ¶ Let me thank you, dear Mr Moule, for your prompt attention to the wishes of the Trustees, to advise them professionally in reference to the financial irregularities ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch, 1870-06-26.
¶ [Requisition for battens &c and erection of shed] ¶ This letter was forwarded to the Public Works Officeon27 June 1870. It wasreturned on 30 June, the referred again to Public Workson6 July, 'Appd ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1870-07-13.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 13 July 1870. ¶ ¶ With last month's mail and also with this mail, noble friend, I have written directly to your son, ¶ and had to advise him against settling in Australia...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Christian Ehrenberg, 1870-07-15.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 15 July 1870. ¶ ¶ I was most pleasantly surprised, noble Sir, when last month's mail brought me your two letters, ¶ in which you encourage and honour me so unexpectedly. ...

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