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Ferdinand von Mueller

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Lewis Bernays, 1869-11-28.
November 28, 1869 ¶ ¶ Today I have spent a part of my leisure in examining your yellow-flowered phajus. The flower sent left me in doubt about some part of its labellum; nevertheless, I have very lit...
Prospero Ramel to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-11-29.
16 Rue d'Armailee ¶ Paris 29 Nov. 1869 ¶ My very Doctor Ferdd von Müeller ¶ ¶ I have just deposited to the Marseilles Railway two small packages care of M M Gower & Co.. One contains the specimen for...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Edouard André, 1869-12-??.
¶ You doubtless do not know that I was the first to have the idea of sending the great Todeas to Europe. Even Kew Gardens did not possess any until at the beginning of this year I sent a specimen 7 f...
'Pruning Knife' to Editor of the Weekly times, 1869-12-04.
THE BOTANICAL GARDENS. ¶ TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY TIMES. ¶ Sir ¶ ,—Your correspondent, "An Old Gardener," has told many home truths in his article of last week on the Botanical Gardens, and there a...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-12-04.
4/12/69 ¶ ¶ I am very much pleased, dear Dr Hooker, that the ponderous Todea reached Kew in safety and was so welcome to you. ¶ It is certainly an attractive feature in any fern-collection & a singu...
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 ...
John Lewis to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-12-10.
Office of Lands and Survey. ¶ Melbourne. 10th Decr 1869 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I am directed by the Honorable the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey to refer you to the letter addressed to you by his instruc...
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...
'Pruning Knife' to the Editor of the Weekly Times, 1869-12-11.
THE BOTANICAL GARDENS. ¶ TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY TIMES. ¶ Sir ¶ ,—In 1857 Dr. Mueller became director of the Botanical Gardens, through the influence of the late Mr. Haines. Mr. Dallachy, the form...
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 ...
'Pruning Knife' to the Editor of the Weekly Times, 1869-12-18.
THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS. ¶ TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY TIMES. ¶ Sir ¶ ,—The public scientific career of Dr. Mueller dates from the time of Governor Latrobe. Dr. Mueller, being ...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-12-24.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ Decr 24 /69 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I am happy to say I have been able again to set steadily to work and although the short days and dark fogs interfere a good deal with t...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Guilfoyle, 1870-??-??.
Private ¶ ¶ I feel quite touched with your great consideration and kindness, dear Mr Guilfoyle, in giving me an opportunity to join in the very auspicious and promising enterprise detailed in your dr...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Société Impériale Zoologique d'A cclimatation , Paris, 1870-01-??.
¶ [ ¶ Dr. Ferd. Mueller, our colleague, director of the Melbourne Botanical Garden, has sent from that city to the Society a copy of the report ¶ that ¶ he has sent to the English government ¶ M’s re...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Decaisne, 1870-01-01.
Newyearsday 1870 ¶ (Melb. bot. Garden) ¶ ¶ I owe you still, dear Prof Decaisne, my best thanks for your obliging goodness in sending me the fragment of Stylidium setaceum from Labillardière collectio...
Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson, 1870-01-13.
¶ [Dr Mueller draws attention to the circumstances under which he advanced £150 in transferring the Dromedaries to the Queensland Govt] ¶ M had askedmore than oncefor reimbursement;see M to J. MacPhe...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-01-20.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ Jany 20 /70 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I should be much obliged to you to make the following alterations in the names I gave to two of your Trichinia ¶ ¶ What I named T. ¶ gracile ¶...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1870-01-29.
29/1/70 ¶ ¶ Since last writing to you, dear Mr Bentham, I have examined most of the Austr. Liliaceae, and thereby a good deal of new knowledge is gained. ¶ Endlichers Thysanotus micranthus belongs n...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1870-01-30.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 30/1/70. ¶ ¶ It is much to be regretted, dear Mr Barlee, that the proposition cannot yet this coming cool season be carried out, to connect the surveys about Carpentaria by som...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-02-17.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ Feby 17 /70 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I put the first portion of my new volume ¶ into the printers hands the first days of this month but owing to a stupid quarrel between the publi...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Baird, 1870-02-21.
Melbourne Botanic Gardens, ¶ February 21,1870. ¶ ¶ I am under great obligations to you, dear Mr Baird, for the interest evinced by you in Mr. Powell's communication relative to supposed new trace of ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1870-02-27.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 27/2/70. ¶ ¶ Since I had the pleasure of last writing to you, dear Mr Bentham, I have examined a lot of various monocotyledonous plants. Libertia must be returned to Sisyrinchi...
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...
George Thwaites to Joseph Hooker, 1870-03-04.
Peradeniya ¶ Ceylon ¶ 4th March 1870 ¶ My dear Hooker ¶ [Discusses botanical matters]...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Council of the Board of Agriculture, Victoria, 1870-03-11.
REPORT OF THE JUDGES UPON ESSAYS ON THE DISEASE CALLED "TAKE-ALL." ¶ ¶ We, the undersigned Judges appointed by the Council of the Board of Agriculture to award the premium of £50, offered for the bes...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-03-17.
London ¶ 25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ March 17 /70 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Enclosed is a bill of lading a duplicate of one I presume you will have received direct — for a box sent off a few days since containi...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1870-03-20.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 20/3/70. ¶ ¶ It is very pleasing to learn, dear Mr Bentham, that you in so wonderfully rapid strides proceed with the work on Austr. plants. My mind has been much distracted d...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1870-03-21.
¶ Returned with my grateful appreciation of the information contained in these documents. ¶ Ferd. von Mueller ¶ 21/3/70....
Ferdinand von Mueller to James McCulloch, 1870-03-22.
22 March 1870 ¶ ¶ [Government Botanist, Forwards answers to M. Drouyn de Lhuys' questions respecting the Eucalypts of this Colony ¶ — & recommends that certain books be forwarded with the answers — ...
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 ...
William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-03-24.
Chief Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne 24th March 1870 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ By direction of the Chief Secretary I have the honor to forward you the enclosed letter addressed to Mr Ferguson ¶ On 24 March,Odgers wr...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Goyder, 1870-03-28.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 28/3/70 ¶ ¶ I am sorry, dear Mr Goyder, that I did not see you again before you left, as I was anxious to enjoy with you a quiet evenings talk about Arnhem's Land &c ¶ ¶ At th...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1870-03-28.
28/3/70 ¶ ¶ Is this the true Gonolobus viridiflorus, dear Dr Hooker? — I raised it from seeds, brought by the Viscountess Canterbury ¶ from Trinidad, where however the plant may possibly not be indi...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1870-04-??.
List of wood specimens....
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 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 Philip Webster, 1870-04-??.
¶ [Permit me to call the ladies' attention through your widely circulated journal to the very interesting employment of preserving Flowers and Seaweeds. I have just received a communication from Dr. ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson, 1870-04-06.
Melbourne botan. Garden ¶ 6/4/70 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to report, that the three cases with Museum plants, obtained from Dr. W. Sonder of Hamburg, and shipped by the hon. Geo. Verdon, C. B., per...
Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson, 1870-04-08.
¶ [Director recommends that the Inspr of Forests ¶ William Ferguson. ¶ ¶ may be placed under the Lands Dept with a view of commencing an inspection of the principal forests of this Colony ¶ See note...
Joseph Henry to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-04-20.
Smithsonian Institution, ¶ Washington, April 20. 1870 ¶ Dear Sir; ¶ ¶ Your letter of Jan'y 31st ¶ Letter not found. ¶ ¶ was duly received and I hasten to thank you on behalf of this Institution, for...
Henry Read to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-04-20.
20 April [18]70 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ [...] of the Borough Council [...] to make application for whatever shrubs you can spare for the purpose of planting in the Warrnambool Botanical Gardens. ¶ ¶ I [...] and b...
the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-04-21.
¶ [thanks for a Model of a gold nugget]...
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 James McCulloch, 1870-04-23.
Melbourne botan Garden, ¶ 23 Apr. 70. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to draw your attention to the circumstance, that in the revised estimate now submitted for your favorable consideration, no provision ...
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 James McCulloch, 1870-04-23.
Melbourne botan ¶ ¶ Garden ¶ 23/4/70 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to point out, that the reductions, ¶ ¶ proposed to be made in the wages fund of the botanic Garden during 1870, necessitate the disco...
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 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...
A. M. Scott to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-05-??.
¶ [ ¶ When in Rockhampton ¶ Qld. ¶ lately, I saw a number of the ¶ Queenslander ¶ , wherein was published a letter from Dr. Mueller in reply to one of yours, on the subject of some information gle...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Adolphe Cordier, 1870-05-??.
¶ Acacia Decurrens reaches 40 or 50 feet in a few years, even in a sterile soil, but in humid and fertile valleys can in time reach 150 feet; its bark is rich in tannic acid; its flowers are odiferou...

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