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Ferdinand von Mueller to Richard Kippist, 1854-10-??.
¶ The Sciences are progressing here, in a manner that augurs well for the future. Two Societies have been established, ¶ in both of which I have the honor to sit on the Council, and the Philosophica...
Ferdinand von Mueller to John Foster, 1854-10-09.
Botanic Gardens, 9. October 1854. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ In doeing myself the honor of forwarding to you my second general report, I beg to state, that with the utmost economy of time, exercised since the last si...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1854-10-27.
Bot. Gardens, Melbourne, ¶ 27 October 1854. ¶ Sir William ¶ ¶ By the Great Brittain, leaving this harbour to morrow, I beg to forward to you a box with dried plants, being the remainder of those whic...
William Hooker to John Foster, 1854-11-02.
Royal Gardens ¶ Kew. ¶ Novr 2 1854 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I hope that my position in this country, as the head of our principal Botanical Establishment, may be held as an apology for my taking the liberty of addr...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Wilhelm Sonder, 1854-12-??.
[Mueller recently wrote to me from the interior, saying that he had climbed the high Mount Wellington in November and found many beautiful things.]...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Haines, 1854-12-16.
Omeo, 16th December, 1854. ¶ Sir ¶ , ¶ ¶ I do myself the honor of laying before you, for communication to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, an account of my journey as far as this locality. ¶ ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1854-12-16.
Omeo, 16. December 1854. ¶ ¶ After a prosperous journey over the central part of the Australian Alps arriving at this locality, I will occupy an leisure hour or two to acquaint you briefly with the b...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Wilhelm Sonder, 1855-??-??.
[ ¶ Dr Mueller has sent me the enclosed two printed items for you, ¶ Printed items not identified. ¶ ¶ which I send on to you herewith. The good friend would soon have died recently as a result of a ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-01-22.
Buchan River, 22 Jan. 55. ¶ Sir William ¶ ¶ Since I had the honor of addressing you the last time from Omeo, ¶ I proceeded to the North-western branches of the Australian Alps, where I ascended all ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-03-01.
Lake Wellington, Gipps land, ¶ March. 1. 1855. ¶ Sir William, ¶ ¶ Since I had the honor of adressing you (from Buchan 22 Jan. 55) when giving you a short account of the alpine vegetation of Mount Cos...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-04-05.
bot. gardens Melbourne ¶ 5. April 1855. ¶ Sir William ¶ ¶ Three letters ¶ of yours, which were received with much delight lay at present unanswered before me. The first of them came about a month ag...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-04-26.
Bot. gardens, Melbourne, 26 April 55 ¶ Sir William ¶ ¶ Being disappointed in getting all my alpine collections together by this ¶ time, I have been unable making up such a collection by the "Red Jac...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-05-09.
Melbourne, bot Gardens, 9. May 1855. ¶ Sir William, ¶ ¶ Having written to you three times ¶ during the last two months, I am chiefly induced to address these lines to you, to introduce Mr Balfour St...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ronald Gunn, 1855-05-20.
Melbourne, 70. Collin Street East ¶ 20. May 1855. ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ It was a great pleasure to me to receive last night your kind letter, dated the 12th May. ¶ — I have to thank you most heartily fo...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward La Trobe Bateman, 1855-06-??.
[June 1855] ¶ My dear Mr Bateman ¶ ¶ It is a source of regret to me to be deprived of the pleasure of seeing you on my humble place, ¶ as I am urged by business to get to town. I have to thank you f...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Augustus Gregory, 1855-06-04.
Melbourne, 70. Collin Street East, ¶ 4. June 1855. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I do myself the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated 26. May 1855, ¶ and to express my deepest gratitude to his Excelle...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ronald Gunn, 1855-06-12.
Melbourne, 70. Collin Street East. ¶ 12. June 1855. ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I beg to transmit to you by the same vessel, which brought your obligingly forwarded books, the four first volumes and suppl I of...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Augustus Gregory, 1855-06-23.
Melbourne, 70. Collin Street East, ¶ 23. June 1855. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I do myself the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communications from the 12th and 16th instant, ¶ and by leave to inform you, th...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-06-28.
Bot. Gardens, Melbourne ¶ 28. June 1855. ¶ Sir William, ¶ ¶ I beg to enclose in this letter a bill of loading for a box with narrowly packed specimens, shipped to you this day per Francis Henty. I ho...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-07-12.
[Sydney, 12 July 1855] ¶ ¶ This will probably be the last letter which I shall have the honour of addressing to you for a long time, since I have now definitely accepted the appointment of Botanist f...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-07-22.
On board the ¶ Monarch ¶ , off Moreton Bay, 22 July 1855 ¶ ¶ In a former letter ¶ addressed to you, I had only time to inform you that I was on leave of absence for eighteen months, without support...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-09-03.
On board the "Monarch" 3 Sept. 1855 ¶ Sir William. ¶ ¶ In a very few days we expect to reach our destination at the Victoria River, and as our attention then will be fully required to disembark our h...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl Wilhelmi, 1855-09-11.
On Board the Monarch, ¶ 11th September, 1855. ¶ Dear ¶ ¶ Wilhelmi ¶ , — We are now approaching the Victoria River so closely, that I must think of closing my different letters. I will therefore not ...
Carl Wilhelmi to William Hooker, 1855-12-31.
[...] ¶ ¶ Your letter of the 12th of June, together with the books and seeds for Dr Mueller I received thro M. G. McGillivarey ¶ Esq on the 15th of November 1855. ¶ ¶ Most likely you will have hear...
William Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1856-01-04.
Royal Gardens, Kew. ¶ Jan. 4. 1856 ¶ My dear Dr Mueller. ¶ ¶ Two days ago your most welcome letter of 3d Septr, ¶ written as you were on the point of quitting the "Monarch," to undertake your arduou...
William Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1856-02-05.
Royal Gardens, Kew. ¶ Feb. 5th 1856. ¶ My dear Dr Mueller ¶ ¶ I think it is only 2 or 3 days since I wrote to you. ¶ But to day on going to the Admiralty, they said to me, "have you any commands for...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1856-06-18.
Main Camp on the Victoria River, ¶ 18 June 1856 ¶ Sir William, ¶ ¶ Prepared to leave in Mr Gregory's party this camp again within a few days, I am anxious to avail myself of the only opportunity, whi...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Augustus Greeves, 1857-01-??.
¶ 1. The Victoria River is the most extensive water-course on the north coast, its length being about 300 miles. ¶ ¶ 2. The river is, nearly as far as Curiosity Peak, accessible to vessels of great ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles La Trobe, 1857-01-??.
¶ [North Australia, with the exception of the east coast, possesses a ¶ dry Australian ¶ , and not a ¶ moist Indian climate ¶ . ¶ Fevers do not therefore exist ¶ , and we escaped such jungles and swa...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-02-01.
Melbourne 1 Febr 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ Just returned from a flying visit to my sisters ¶ and prepared to return to Sydney again, I am anxious to despatch a few lines, in order to repeat a f...
Johann Ferdinand Mertens to Eduard & Clara Wehl, Bertha & George Doughty, 1857-02-26.
Tönning, 26 February 1857. ¶ Dear Dr Wehl, dear Clara, dear Bertha and Mr Doughty, ¶ ¶ All our dear ones! At midday on 19 February a letter from Ernst ¶ to you left for the Wehl address in Australia...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-03-06.
Sydney bot. gardens 6. March 57. ¶ My dear Sir William, ¶ ¶ Since the last weeks engaged in putting the botanical specimens into order, which were obtained during the latter part of the North Austral...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-03-13.
Sydney 13. March 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William, ¶ ¶ Having forwarded to you 30 letterpages ¶ by the "European" I intend principly to introduce through these lines to you my friend Dr Elsey, who has bee...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-04-06.
Sydney, 6 April 1857. ¶ My dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ It is with feelings of the utmost grief, that I commence this letter, to inform you first of all, that altho' the Messenger at last arrived, one of th...
the Academia Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolina Naturae Curiosorum to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1857-05-01.
¶ The President of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian Academy of Naturalists ¶ sends warm greetings to the distinguished, famous and experienced Ferdinand Mueller, Doctor of Philosophy, of the Melbou...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-05-18.
Sydney bot. gardens ¶ 18 May 1857. ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ Mr Flood desires me at the eve of his departure for Europe for few introductory lines to you, which I give so much more readily as he will...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-05-20.
Sydney bot. Garden ¶ 20 May 1857 ¶ Sir William. ¶ ¶ Desirous of communicating to you regularly by the mail, I shall forward a few lines again, and apprize you of the close of my labours in Sydney. Th...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1857-06-03.
Royal Garden Kew ¶ June 3d/57. ¶ Dear Dr Müller ¶ ¶ I have procured through Pamplin all the books you ordered, except vols VI & VIII of Icon. Plant. ¶ of which my Father had duplicate copies. I hope...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-06-11.
Melbourne, bot. garden, 11. June 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ Only yesterday I had the pleasure of recieving your kind letters dated Febr. 2. and Jan 4. 1856, both having missed us when forwarded b...
the Deutsche Verein von Victoria to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1857-06-11.
Dr Ferdinand Mueller ¶ Government Botanist in Victoria ¶ Revered Sir, ¶ ¶ The German Club of Victoria, in the general meeting of 26 January of this year, decided unanimously to receive you as honorar...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Augustus Gregory, 1857-06-13.
13. June 57. ¶ My dear Mr Gregory. ¶ ¶ I beg to forward the duplicate of my official answer to your kind letter. My duplicate of the bot. report will have arrived. ¶ Major Christie brings you the bo...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-06-21.
Botanic Garden Melbourne ¶ 21. June. 1857 ¶ (private) ¶ My dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ With the Governments Despatch bag I had the honor of forwarding to you with this (the "European's" mail) two letters, ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-07-15.
Melbourne bot. Garden 15. July 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ Your very kind letter ¶ was joyfully recieved this evening, being forwarded from Sydney by His Excellency Sir William Denison. Not heari...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Johannes Roeper, 1857-07-21.
Botanic Garden, Melbourne, ¶ 21 July 1857. ¶ Venerable Professor, ¶ ¶ More than 10 years have passed, since I had the honour to make your personal acquaintance during the meeting of scientists in Ki...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-08-10.
Melbourne bot Garden, 10. Aug 1857. ¶ My dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ No European mail having arrived since the despatch of my July letters, I have but little to communicate. Even little botanically, for th...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-09-15.
Melbourne, bot. garden 15. Sept. 57. ¶ Dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ Manyfold additional duties during the past month left little time for progress in my phytographical labours, but I hope to have soon the b...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1857-10-10.
Kew October 10th 1857. ¶ My dear Dr Mueller ¶ ¶ Since I last had the pleasure of addressing you, ¶ my Father has received the very splendid & most interesting collections of N. Australian plants whi...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Julian Tenison Woods, 1857-10-16.
Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 16. Oct. 1857 ¶ Dear Sir ¶ ¶ At the evening of a very busy day (this being the first show day of the season ¶ ) I beg briefly to respond to your kind letter of Oct. 8th ¶ —. ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Woolls, 1857-11-??.
¶ [... and by the last mail I had the pleasure to receive a letter from the Doctor, in which he stated that the flower referred to ¶ Eupatorium ¶ is ¶ Vernonia cynopioides ¶ (Walpers) ¶ , and tha...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Editor of the Argus, 1857-11-27.
MELBOURNE BOTANICAL GARDENS. ¶ To the Editor of the Argus. ¶ Sir, — ¶ ¶ As probably a numerous attendance at the bazaar to be held to-morrow again in the Botanical Gardens will reward the great exert...

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