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The correspondence of

Ferdinand von Mueller

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  • James Thomson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1893-09-05.
    5. 9. [189]3 ¶ Dear Baron von Mueller, ¶ ¶ I have made very careful inquiry and find that there is not the slightest grounds for believing that a cart was taken by Leichhardt on his final journey. ¶ ...
    • Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1893-09-13.
      September 13th [189]3 ¶ Dear Baron ¶ ¶ I have to thank you for your [most] kind letter lately received. ¶ I have no doubt but that in writing up the supplementary volume for our Flora, you will able...
      • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1893-09-21.
        21/9/93. ¶ ¶ By this weeks mail dear Dr Dyer, I send you a small lot of dried orchideous plants, gathered long ago by Dr Guppy in the Solomon-Island. ¶ ¶ I was under the impression, that I had forwa...
        • George Hunter to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1893-09-21.
          Dear Sir ¶ ¶ We are forwarding by parcel post a fruit [or] seed which was picked up by Mr [Johnson] at a place some few miles from here. Not having come across one like it before he was curious to fi...
          • Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1893-09-25.
            September 25th [189]3 ¶ Baron von Mueller ¶ Government Botanist for Victoria ¶ ¶ Only a description forgotten in my last letters — Gomphandra polymorpha [Wight var]. ¶ ¶ A handsome tree of about [60...
            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1893-10-07.
              7/10/93 ¶ ¶ Best thanks, dear Mr Tepper, for all your sympathy and other good wishes. I had my case packed for the journey to Adelaide, ¶ To attend thefifth meeting of theAustralasian Association for...
              • Eugene Hilgard to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1893-10-16.
                October 16, 1893 ¶ Baron Ferd von Muller, Melbourne. ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ Your letters of july ¶ and seeds accompanying them were duly rec'd and would have been answered long ago but that a case of se...
                • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Middlemiss, 1893-11-??.
                  ¶ [The Kyneton 'Guardian' says Mr William Middlemiss recently forwarded five roots of beet grown by him at Fernhill to the Agricultural Laboratory, and has received the subjoined analysis … The seed ...
                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1893-11-12.
                    ¶ Sunday 12/11/93 ¶ Private ¶ ¶ I must really devote a little while to you, dear Mr Tepper, although I have no peace even on Sunday, race days &c, because these are my progressive study days. My vol...
                    • Joseph Fletcher to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1893-11-23.
                      Linnean Society ¶ N.S.W ¶ Elizabeth Bay ¶ Sydney ¶ Nov. 23rd/93...
                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh, 1893-12-15.
                        15/12/93. ¶ ¶ It was a great joy, highly esteemed Professor, to receive your letter ¶ by last month's mail, and since you write as previously with a strong hand, my fear — you might be sick — was pr...
                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1893-12-19.
                          19/12/93 ¶ ¶ This is the first mail, leaving for Europe, dear Sir Joseph, since I received from Dulau & Co the grand Kew-Index. What a splendid opus, to have the whole synonymy of Phanerogams up to 1...
                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Macdonald, 1893-12-23.
                            23/12/93 ¶ ¶ It was my intention, dear Mr Macdonald, to pay you personally a visit for conveying my felicitation at these festive days. But my cough is so severe that I cannot venture out unless on a...
                            • Patrick Shepherd to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1893-12-27.
                              202 Pitt Street ¶ Sydney 27th Decr /93 ¶ My Dear Baron, ¶ ¶ I have much pleasure in forwarding you a specimen of a Grevillea discovered by my son ¶ on the Cole River about 75 miles south of Sydney. ...
                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Macdonald, 1893-12-29.
                                29/12/93 ¶ ¶ This morning, dear Mr Macdonald, I received a ¶ ¶ most kind letter ¶ ¶ from Hon. Winter Irving, ¶ William Irving Winter-Irving (ADB). ¶ ¶ who only yesterday received my letter, ¶ Lett...
                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alphonse Milne-Edwards, 1894-01-01.
                                  Newyears's day ¶ 1894. ¶ ¶ In first instance, dear Prof. Milne Edwards, let me offer my best felicitation to the new year. May the annual space of time, on which now we are entering, be replete with ...
                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Supan, 1894-01-14.
                                    14/1/94. ¶ ¶ By this weekly mail I am sending you, highly esteemed Hofrath, the first volume of the Elder Expedition together with the maps belonging to it, to fulfil a request of Professor Wichmann ...
                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Macdonald, 1894-01-22.
                                      22/1/94 ¶ ¶ When coming to this weeks mail-work, dear Mr Macdonald, I find that I have as yet not returned to you Major Darwin's letter. ¶ Leonard Darwin, at this date an assistant secretary of the R...
                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Webb, 1894-02-??.
                                        Dear Mr. Webb, ¶ ¶ If you asked, probable ¶ the Resident Magistrate at King George's Sound would engage you after Easter to plant Marram grass on the shifting sand of the coast. Arrangements could b...
                                        • William Fitzgerald to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-02-05.
                                          Zeehan ¶ Feb. 5th 1894 ¶ Dear Baron ¶ ¶ I have sent per this mail a few fruiting spmens of Styphelia Milligani & trust they will reach you in good condition. I have also sent a couple of grasses, one...
                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Casimir de Candolle, 1894-02-24.
                                            24/2/94 ¶ ¶ By this weeks mail, dear Prof. De Candolle, I send you two small parcels of Polynesian Meliaceae, and by next weeks mail the Papuan Meliaceae of my collection shall follow. ¶ ¶ What I no...
                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Leader, 1894-03-??.
                                              the specimens of grasses sent are all devoid of flowers and seeds; it would therefore be not safe to give names for them. If the sender will wait till flowers again develop in the spring, and than sec...
                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alphonse Milne-Edwards, 1894-03-12.
                                                12/3/94 ¶ ¶ Your letter, received by last weekly mail has been most cheering to me and I thank you for all your generous sentiments, dear Professor; indeed I was quite electrified when I received it,...
                                                • William Matthews to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-03-20.
                                                  THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE ¶ STAWELL ¶ March 20th 1894 ¶ Dear Baron von Mueller ¶ ¶ In reply to your letter I shall be glad to revisit Mt Zero during the Easter Vacation with a view of collecting more of ...
                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh, 1894-03-31.
                                                    31/3/94 ¶ ¶ This week's mail, venerable Friend, just brought me your first Analecta for 1894. ¶ It is a wonderful work of an octogenarian! and proves the fresh liveliness of your capacity for work! ...
                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Supan, 1894-04-10.
                                                      10/4/94 ¶ ¶ By this weekly mail you will receive, esteemed Professor, a photograph of the steamship ¶ Antarctic, ¶ the first " ¶ steamer ¶ " that has arrived in our southern latitudes for whaling a...
                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Macdonald, 1894-04-16.
                                                        16/4/94. ¶ ¶ This evening, dear Mr Macdonald, I received your kind letter of this day, ¶ Letter not found. ¶ ¶ and in answer I support your view, that a sum of £10 or more be voted for the children ...
                                                        • Speech to Turn Verein, Melbourne, 1894-04-22.
                                                          It is an event such as has rarely happened in the history of the world that two grand children of a living sovereign have been married into thrones. This felicity Providence has bestowed upon our most...
                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ludwig Radlkofer, 1894-05-14.
                                                            14/5/94. ¶ ¶ This time I am just writing to inform you, highly esteemed Friend, that I have sent you by this week's mail a slice from the trunk of a ¶ Nuytsia ¶ tree, since the structure of the woo...
                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Bride, 1894-05-17.
                                                              17/5/94. ¶ ¶ The last weekly mail, dear Dr Bride, brought me a letter from the celebrated Linguist, Prof. Dr Fr. Mueller of Vienne, ¶ who for his further studies of the Polynesian languages is eager...
                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1894-05-17.
                                                                17/5/94 ¶ ¶ By last weeks mail, dear Dr Dyer, I sent you some fungs, ordinar[e]ly dried, from New Guinea; by this weeks mail another lot, which came in Alcohol, and thus lost their color. Nevertheles...
                                                                • 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 Douglas Richardson, 1894-06-08.
                                                                    8/6/94. ¶ ¶ It is with much regret, dear Mr Richardson, ¶ that I must deprive myself of the pleasure of being present at the opening of your Gallerie of painting Art this after noon, when doubtless ...
                                                                    • Thomas Kirk to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-06-08.
                                                                      June 8. 1894 ¶ Victoria Terrace ¶ Wellington ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ I enclose herewith specimens of 5 plants which I should feel obliged if you would kindly compare for me & inform me of the results. Th...
                                                                      • Otto Tepper to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-06-12.
                                                                        Norwood, ¶ 12 June 1894 ¶ Very highly honoured Baron! ¶ ¶ Since it is already quite a long time since I last had the pleasure of hearing from you, may I direct some lines to you with your permission...
                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1894-06-18.
                                                                          18/6/94 ¶ ¶ By last mail, dear Sir Joseph, I received from Dr Dyer the concluding part of vol. VI of your famous flora of British India. ¶ Mr Clarke's treatment of the Cyperaceae is thorough and rel...
                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Holmes, 1894-06-20.
                                                                            20/6/94. ¶ ¶ This week’s mail, dear Mr Holmes, will take to you 26 species of Algs according to the list of those desired by you as wanting yet in your collection. These I was able to muster out of a...
                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Neylon, 1894-07-??.
                                                                              ¶ [From Baron Von Mueller, acknowledging receipt of council's invitation to visit Port Fairy to witness the splendid results obtained by the planting of the marum grass, for which he felt highly grat...
                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Bernard Woodward, 1894-07-??.
                                                                                ¶ It was extremely pleasing ¶ ¶ to me, dear Mr. Woodward, to re ¶ c ¶ eive your ¶ communication ¶ Letter not found. ¶ of what has been ¶ done by the ¶ ¶ West Australian Government in securing the ¶...
                                                                                • William Fitzgerald to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-07-12.
                                                                                  Zeehan ¶ July 12th 1894 ¶ Dear Baron ¶ ¶ Yours of the 27th ult ¶ came duly to hand. ¶ ¶ Mr L. Rodway has done nothing with the Centrolepis....
                                                                                  • Horace Lawson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-07-20.
                                                                                    20th July [189]4 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor by direction to convey to you the best thanks of the Worshipful the Mayor and Councillors for your courtesy and kindness to Mr C. Scoborio (Curator of the ...
                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1894-07-23.
                                                                                      23/7/94. ¶ ¶ By this weeks mail, dear Dr Dyer, I send you what must be considered a great prize a comparatively large lot of seeds (fruits) of Atriplex vesicarium, one of the very best of the Central...
                                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Shillinglaw, 1894-07-30.
                                                                                        30/7/94 ¶ Near Midnight ¶ ¶ Was sorry to miss your visit, dear Mr Shillinglaw, which would have been a spright one! That a man of genius should carry for some miles an umbrella back I regard almost a...
                                                                                        • Georgina King to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-08-14.
                                                                                          Mrs Andrew Brown's ¶ Caprera ¶ Elizabeth Bay ¶ Sydney ¶ Aug. 14th —/94...
                                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh, 1894-08-21.
                                                                                            21/8/94. ¶ ¶ By this weekly mail, highly esteemed friend, you will receive curled dried algae from the mouth of the Hunter River. This is a locality in New South Wales from which Colony only relative...
                                                                                            • Georgina King to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-08-28.
                                                                                              Beresford Road ¶ Homebush ¶ Aug 28th ¶ ¶ /94 ¶ Dear Baron von Mueller ¶ ¶ Thornton told me about the inclosed vine some time ago and promised to gather some of the blossoms for you to see if it was...
                                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Maiden, 1894-08-28.
                                                                                                28/8/94. ¶ ¶ On close examination I find, dear Mr Maiden, must be as a variety of Andropogon nervosus (as as you say Ischaemum laxum) which therefore is new to N.S.W. ¶ It is a short-spiked form, an...
                                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alphonse Milne-Edwards, 1894-08-30.
                                                                                                  30/8/94 ¶ ¶ It is very pleasing to me, dear Prof Milne-Edwards, that I am able to send you a box with nat. hist. specimens by this voyage of the Australien and the Ship takes the Box under the care o...
                                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Pier Saccardo, 1894-08-31.
                                                                                                    31/8/94. ¶ ¶ You will receive seven (7) small packages of fungs by this weeks mail, dear Prof. Saccardo, all ¶ unico ¶ here, so that I should feel obliged, if you could send back any, which you may...
                                                                                                    • Samuel Avery to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-09-07.
                                                                                                      Port Fairy, ¶ Dated the 7th September 1894. ¶ Baron Sir Ferd. von Mueller, ¶ Melbourne. ¶ D ¶ ear Sir Ferdinand, —...
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