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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Editor of the Australasian, 1865-10-24.
Sir ¶ ,— When reading the appalling accounts of the effects of the long-lasting drought in the desert districts of the interior, we are ever led to reflect by what measures the miseries thus from time...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1865-11-19.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ Novr 19/65 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ The Australian mail having arrived earlier than usual I have before me yours of the 22 Sept. as well as that of the 21 Augt received since I last...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Australasian, 1866-01-??.
¶ [Dr. ¶ Mueller ¶ requests that any person interested in his establishment would kindly secure some wall ripened seeds of any kind of Eucalyptus, with a view of enabling him to form as complete a ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1866-02-05.
5./2./66. ¶ Dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ I have done a little among gnaphaloid Compositae, but the work of defining the genera anew involves much patient research extended not only to the Australian but also...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Anderson, 1866-02-24.
24/2/66 ¶ Dear Dr Anderson ¶ ¶ By this months mail steamer I beg to send you a parcel with Corypha seeds fresh collected. Our species (Corypha or Livistona Australis) will stand occasional frosts & i...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1866-03-24.
24/3/66. ¶ ¶ I have been so harrassed, dear Mr Bentham, during this rainless season, that any close application to phytographic work was absolutely out of the question. Now since the summer passed I ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 1866-04-??.
¶ Australian Mistleto ¶ .—Of several most handsome species of Loranthus, two, namely, Loranthus celastroides and L. pendulus, are so frequent in the vicinity of Melbourne as to prove very destructive...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1866-04-23.
St George's Day 1866. ¶ ¶ The "Lincolnshire", dear Mr Bentham, has not yet arrive, though overdue; I trust that nothing happened to her, & that the 3 cases with Eucalypti, the most important section ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Anderson, 1866-04-24.
24/4/66 ¶ ¶ I can assure you, dear Dr Anderson, that I am deeply indebted to you for your circumspect liberality in continuing to send me the seeds of your noble firs & cypress pines. How we used the...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1866-05-15.
15/5/66. ¶ ¶ I have many additions to the localities of the plants enumerated by you, dear Mr Bentham. For instance Entada scandens from Rockinghams Bay. The three cases with Eucalypti & supplementar...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1866-05-26.
26/5/66 ¶ ¶ The dreadful season of rainlessness, dear Mr Bentham, made for the time any botanical work an impossibility. The drought at last is broken now & though severe winter work still presses on...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Australasian, 1866-06-??.
¶ The ferns from the Blackwood Ranges submitted to me are:— 1, Asplenium flabellifolium; 2, Lindsaya, perhaps tridromanoides ¶ (a rare species, of which good specimens would be welcome); 3, Lomaria ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Anderson, 1866-06-28.
28/6/66 ¶ Dear Doctor ¶ ¶ I have sent by this months mail to you seeds of 10 species of Eucalyptus & of 30 spec of Queensland plants ¶ ¶ ¶ I also have taken the liberty to enclose a parcel for Dr ...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1866-07-22.
July 22 1866 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I was very glad to hear of the safe arrival of the Lincolnshire with the Eucalypti ¶ — I was rather uneasy after the loss of the London ¶ and knowing that the Lincoln...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1866-11-27.
27/11/66 ¶ ¶ My extraduties, dear Dr Hooker, connected with the Intercolonial Exhibition ¶ have been for many weeks past so heavy, that I could find no leisure for anything, & hence I can now, at th...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Manners-Sutton, 1866-12-15.
Melbourne botan. Garden, ¶ 15 Dec. 1866. ¶ Sir Henry ¶ ¶ I beg leave to submit to your Excellency some additional samples of paper, prepared in the laboratory of my Department from indigenous vegetab...
Edward Bowman to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1867-01-10.
¶ This is a very elegant species of Eucalyptus, it only sheds the bark on the Upper Branches. It attains a considerable size and the timber is considered to be very durable, it is dark colored, and v...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Johan Lange, 1867-01-27.
Melbourne, Botanic Garden, ¶ 27 January 1867. ¶ ¶ It is my honourable duty, revered colleague, to express my sincere gratitude to the Botanical Society of Copenhagen for my election to it. ¶ It does...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Anderson, 1867-03-25.
25/3/67 ¶ Dear Prof Anderson. ¶ ¶ I have sent you a Case full of Araucaria by this months mail, all fine strong plants. I only trust the people will not toss them about. At the whole I am very dishea...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Anderson, 1867-05-30.
30/5/67 ¶ ¶ This day, dear Prof Anderson, I have shipped to you [pr] ¶ "Medusa" a case [fu]ll of strong plants [of] Araucaria ex[ce]lsa free of freight [by the] kindness of the [Ca]ptain. Pray retur...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1867-10-28.
Albany, 28. Oct. 1867. ¶ ¶ This day, dear Mr Barlee, when returning from my excursion to Stirling's Range, I had the happiness of receiving your most kind letter, ¶ directed to this place. Let me as...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys, 1867-12-07.
¶ Allow me to express to you the feelings of gratitude that I experienced in receiving anew, in your letter dated 29 July, ¶ manifest signs of your good will towards me, and be assured that I always...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Asa Gray, 1868-02-05.
5/2/68. ¶ ¶ Just almost at the close of the monthly mail, dear Prof. Gray, I receive simultaneously your most kind letters of the 15. Nov & 2 Dec. ¶ I feel quite ashamed having on so great a man as ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl von Martius, 1868-05-22.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 22 May 1868. ¶ ¶ It is always a joyful day for me, noble Sir, when I receive a letter from your hand. Thus it was again last week. ¶ You overwhelm me with so much kindnes...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Town Clerk, Queenstown Corporation, 1868-09-09.
Melbourne Botanic Gardens, ¶ September 9th, 1868. ¶ ¶ SIR,—In reply to your letter of 29th July ¶ which I received only ¶ this ¶ day, I have the honor to inform you that, in accordance with your r...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Antoine Hesse, 1868-10-??.
¶ [Mr Hesse transmits a packet of seeds from Australia that he had received from Mr Von Mueller, among which were Casuarina equisetifolia, Exocarpus cupressiformis, and some Eucalyptus that our devot...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1868-12-21.
London ¶ 25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ Decr 21 1868 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I send by this mail the remaining sheets of the 4th volume of the Flora Australiensis. The volume was published about ten days since a...
Ferdinand von Mueller to [George Bentham], 1869-??-??.
You asked me several times to publish my intended monography of Eucalypts at an early period. I would gladly do so, as I have much material for such a purpose, but lithographic work is here so ¶ cost...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1869-02-27.
27/[2]/69. ¶ ¶ It was my intention, dear Mr Bentham, to have sent an other case of Museum-plants to you by the Essex, but so much unforeseen work intervened, that I could not g[e]t it quite ready, an...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Guilfoyle, 1869-03-20.
20/3/69. ¶ ¶ Since you evidently have a desire to distinguish yourself in botanical science, dear Mr Guilfoyle, I have been reflecting, how I could aid you, and it occurred to me, that you might rend...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1869-03-28.
28/3/69 ¶ ¶ I have seen Mr Fullagar ¶ again yesterday, dear Mr Barlee, but he cannot venture to settle in your colony, however much he might like. The income of £50- - would not even supply him with...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Antoine Hesse, 1869-07-??.
[M. Hesse sends a new shipment of Eucalyptus seeds and various Australian plants despatched by Mr Ferd. Von Mueller.]...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1869-07-??.
¶ [In reply he reports "that the value of jarrah (Eucalyptus) seeds would be from 15s. to 25s. per lb., perhaps more, when once the value of this important tree was properly and generally understood ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Decaisne, 1869-07-17.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 17/7/69. ¶ ¶ I have with much gratitude to acknowledge, dear Prof Decaisne, your great favor in sending such a ¶ rich ¶ collection of seeds from the garden of the Museum. I n...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Antoine Hesse, 1869-08-??.
[Mr Hesse sends a new shipment of Eucalyptus seeds and various Australian plants despatched by Mr Ferd.Von Mueller.]...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation, Paris, 1870-03-22.
[The price of the different species of Eucalyptus seeds varies considerably depending on the greater or less ease with which they are collected.] Thus the price of some species can be estimated at 15 ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1870-08-10.
10/8/70 ¶ ¶ I just received the copy of your excellent students flora, dear Dr Hooker. ¶ I like the ¶ plan ¶ of the work much. It comes very much in detail near Kochs Taschenbuch der deutsche Flor...
J. Rothwell to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-09-27.
Private Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne ¶ 27th September 1870 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I am directed to inform you that His Excellency Viscount Canterbury has received a letter from M. Drouyn de Lhuys: President of...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-11-13.
Novr 13 /70 ¶ Dear Dr Mueller ¶ ¶ I have several letters from you, but must crave excuses for so long delaying to answer — the fact being that all my spare time goes to getting out Rubiaceae for Gen....
Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1871-03-24.
Melbourne botan Garden ¶ 24/3/71 ¶ ¶ Allow me, dear Mr Barlee, to ask from you a favor in the interest of industrial researches and indeed also in the interests of your colonial resources. I am very ...
[…] 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...
Rudolph Scheffer to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-04-28.
Botanic gardens Buitenzorg ¶ Java, 28/4. 72 ¶ My dear Dr von Müeller, ¶ ¶ With the first oppertunity I send you some plants from New-Guinea, collected by Mr Teysmann, and I will be much pleased when ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Asa Gray, 1873-04-22.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 22/4/73 ¶ ¶ Many years ago, dear Dr. Gray, our late friend Dr Steetz wrote to me, ¶ that it was always a festival-day to him when a letter arrived from you; and really so is i...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1874-01-01.
Melbourne ¶ Newyears day 1874 ¶ ¶ Though late in arriving let my new years salutation, dear Mr Bentham, be offered to you with all sincerity. May the year be to you one of health & happiness. The Hae...
Ferdinand von Mueller to August Petermann, 1874-06-??.
¶ I must once again express my gratitude to you for the parts of your famous journal, ¶ which arrived with this month's mail, and my sentiments of gratitude are no less deep, even if I do not acknow...
Ferdinand von Mueller to James Hector, 1874-08-10.
Melbourne ¶ 10/8/74 ¶ ¶ To day, dear Dr Hector, a friend in the Otago province sent me a print of an able speech of your premier minister on the forest question. ¶ The whole evinces much true states...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1874-08-26.
Melbourne, ¶ 26/8/74. ¶ ¶ Altho' I wrote to you only two days ago, ¶ dear Mr Ramsay, I now once more adress you on the important subject of my last letter. Do ¶ not let pass the glorious opportunit...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Brough Smyth, 1876-??-??.
[In summer the Aborigines of the Mallee country eat ¶ Lárap ¶ , ¶ Lárp ¶ , or ¶ Lerp ¶ — a kind of manna…] ¶ This saccharine substance, ¶ The passage 'says Baron von Mueller, C.M.G., in a letter t...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Prospero Ramel, 1876-12-??.
[Mr Ramel sends seeds of various species of Eucalyptus that have been sent to him by Mr F. Mueller.]...
William Spicer to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-11-16.
My dear Baron — ¶ ¶ I sent you a letter ¶ asking some information about a month ago — but Mr. Lühmann ¶ very kindly let me know, that you were from home. I now send another note — & perhaps you wil...

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