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Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1863-11-01.
Kew Nov. 1/63. ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ I have several letters to acknowledge & to thank you for, but a series of heavy domestic afflictions in my own & my wife's family ¶ have thrown much sorrow & muc...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1863-11-21.
Melbourne bot. ¶ Garden 21/11/63 ¶ Invoice of Case N. 19, forwarded pr ship "Result" this day. ¶ ¶ Xanthostemon I have reduced to Metrosideros as you will see in the Fragmenta. ¶ About the specific ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1863-12-12.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 12/12/63 ¶ Dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ By the Sussex I have forwarded to you 2 Cases, containing 52 fascicles of Eucalypti; the whole of my collection of that genus. I have inserted a...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1863-12-21.
Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ [2]1/12/63. ¶ Dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ By the "Essex" I forwarded Box No. 22 with plants for Mr Bentham's use, according to byefollowing list. This consignment contains almost th...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1863-12-24.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W ¶ Decr 24/63 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have again made little progress and shall not get on very quick till I have done the Leguminosae for Genera Plantarum. ¶ I have settled the Gal...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1864-01-25.
Melbourne botan. ¶ Garden 25./1./64. ¶ My dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ At last by the "Great Britain" this week the rest of the Myrtaceae will be sent to you, and as this celebrated ship performs its voyages...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1864-02-24.
Melbourne bot. Garden, ¶ 24/2/64. ¶ My dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ You extended your friendly interest again towards me by honoring me with two letters by last mail. ¶ Your communications cause me always ...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1864-02-25.
My dear Sir ¶ ¶ As soon as I received the last box of Leguminosae in the beginning of last month I set about revising the Papilionaceae down to Hedysareae with your specimens and have now packed and ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl von Martius, 1864-03-25.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 25 March 1864. ¶ Venerable Sir, ¶ ¶ Your affectionate letter of 12th of January ¶ has filled me with deep joy and emotion; with joy, because I can bask in the youthful ar...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1864-04-25.
25/4/64. ¶ My dear Bentham. ¶ ¶ Your kind letter of 25/2/64 calls for an acknowledgement. ¶ ¶ I am glad that you so rapidly push on the investigation of the Leguminosae, and feel sure we shall be i...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1864-05-24.
24/5/64. ¶ My dear Mr Bentham ¶ ¶ I feel obliged for the interesting communications conveyed in your letter of 25 March, ¶ and am glad to learn that you are making such rapid progress with the Legum...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1864-06-23.
Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 23./6/64 ¶ Dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ I am glad, that you caused already some 2 more boxes with Leguminosae more to be returned pr Sussex, for which I shall look out[.] For your pro...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1864-08-23.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ London Augt 23/64 ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ Having been holiday making the last month in the Channel Islands with Mrs Bentham the printing of the 2d vol ¶ has not gone on quite so ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1864-08-25.
25/8/64. ¶ My very dear & venerable Sir William. ¶ ¶ The roughly dried specimen of Lomaria discolor with ¶ doubly ¶ pinnatifid fronds herewith sent may interest you, though it is but a play-form. I...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1864-09-24.
24/9/64 ¶ Dear Sir. ¶ ¶ Amidst manyfold other duties I have found only time to look hurriedly over the proofpages you were so good to send by last mail. I have given you some remarks thereon, which s...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1864-10-25.
Melbourne botanic Garden, ¶ 25/10/64. ¶ Dear Sir. ¶ ¶ Soon after the departure of the last mail Miss Hodgson kindly brought me the box with the root of Papyrus antiquorum, intended by you considerate...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1864-11-24.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ Nov 24/64 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have just received yours of the 24 Septr ¶ and regret much to hear that the boxes per Sussex had received damage although I know not the partic...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1865-01-??.
¶ The orders you desire to be sent are nearly ready, but I shall retain them yet for some few months, in order that their absense from here is not lengthened to an unnecessary period, the Myrtaceae, ...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1865-02-26.
London Febr 26 1865 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I received last night yours of the 24th Decr & by the previous mail your criticisms on my 2d vol. ¶ The enclosed bill for £5 came safe to hand. I have given the...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1865-06-26.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ June 26 /65 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have just had forwarded from Kew to the Agent to ship for you two boxes containing all your Myrtaceae except Eucalyptus and one small parcel o...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1865-09-22.
Melbourne bot. Garden, ¶ 22/9/65. ¶ ¶ I have, dear Mr Bentham, your kind letter of 23 july ¶ before me and am much pleased with the information it contains. It is interesting to observe that we have...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1866-01-24.
24/1/66 ¶ ¶ It was my intention, dear Mr Bentham, to have sent you the rest of Compositae this month, but it was impossible. A number of queries concerning ferns rendered it necessary to spend for 2 ...
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 Carl von Martius, 1866-09-26.
Melbourne Royal Botanic Garden, ¶ 26 September 1866. ¶ ¶ I hesitated, noble Sir, to approach you in the midst of the horror of the war. ¶ Your mind must have been troubled enough, having watched fro...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1868-12-05.
5/12/68. ¶ ¶ I have to answer, dear Mr Bentham, to your kind letter of the 2 Oct — I am glad to perceive you are well and again busy. I am looking forward with pleasure to the continuance of your val...
Ferdinand von Krauss to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-??-??.
[Desiderata of woods from New Holland. ¶ (after von Mueller notes on the vegetation of Melbourne 1866.) ¶ ] ¶ [better to say: from those woods listed in his notes we have represented only the families...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-01-13.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ Jany 13 1873 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Since I last wrote a box has been dispatched to you containing the whole of the remainder of your Dicotyledons including the supplemental parce...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1877-05-31.
31/5/77. ¶ ¶ I admire the vigor & unceasing steadiness of your researches, dear Mr Bentham; but then you are in happy independence and there is nothing to withdraw your attention from your glorious c...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1878-04-04.
Thursday ¶ ¶ I write this from Gippsland, dear Mr Ramsay, and will return to you the NZ Cyperaceae & Restiaceae so soon as I return. ¶ It is not in my recollection that your letter asked for the ret...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Decaisne, 1878-07-08.
8/7/78. ¶ ¶ I merely write a few lines, dear Prof De Caisne, to say, that I have forwarded to the Institute by this post a copy of the English Edition (enlarged by me) of Wittsteins Chemistry of plan...
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...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Odoardo Beccari, 1880-02-05.
5/2/80. ¶ Your consignment of Sumatra-plants, dear Dr Beccari, has arrived safely, ¶ and I thank you for your kindness of contributing them to my collections, which were hitherto poor in material fro...
Federico Philippi to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-??-??.
[…] My journey was very interesting and in spite of the fact that it was always through the desert, yet I have brought back handsome results principally of plants. My companions were my second son Ott...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1885-03-05.
5/3/85 ¶ ¶ In the Garden & Field for March 1885 is an interesting paper, dear Prof Tate, communicated by Mr S. Dixon, ¶ concerning native shrubs in arid places of S.A. for fodder. As your name is id...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Maiden, 1887-11-??.
¶ [Mr. Maiden stated that among the plants collected up till now by Mr. Bäuerlen, … were ten species not hitherto known from New South Wales, and these he wished on behalf of Baron von Mueller, K.C.M...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Maurice Holtze, 1889-03-24.
24 March 1889. ¶ ¶ To my great joy, dear Mr Holtze, your letter of 9 March ¶ and your small packet of plants arrived today. In the next few days I shall compare both the ¶ Pogonia ¶ species No. 86...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1889-10-15.
15/10/89 ¶ ¶ Altho' I am so very much pressed for time, dear Professor Tate, just now through heavy departmental engagements and in finishing off the essay on Sir W. MacGregor's plants, I must write ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Adolf Engler, 1894-05-22.
22/5/94. ¶ ¶ This week's post, highly esteemed friend, will again bring you Leguminosae, the last that I can release from this order here for the time being. Some of this family you received during t...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Maiden and Richard Baker, 1895-??-??.
¶ If you look through the Iconography of Australian Acacias and allied genera, ¶ you will find that the characters, on which ¶ Pithecolobium ¶ by my celebrated friend Martius was founded, find the...