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Ferdinand von Mueller

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  • Robert Thom to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-08-04.
    St Andrews College, Sandhurst ¶ 4/8/85 ¶ Dear Sir ¶ ¶ Accept my sincere thanks for the lists & extracts. ¶ ¶ I have sent on your request to my correspondent at Wagga; ¶ I have written to our Presby...
    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1885-08-12.
      12/8/85 ¶ ¶ You will have wondered, esteemed Mr Tepper, that I have left your letter so long unanswered, especially since you sent me in such a magnanimous manner the normal specimens of Characeae an...
      • James Traill to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-08-18.
        18th August 1885 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I am directed by the Governor to acquaint you that His Excellency has received from the R. H. ¶ the Secretary of State for the Colonies a despatch in which he is requeste...
        • Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-08-28.
          BIOLOGICAL STATION, ¶ WATSON'S BAY. ¶ Sydney, N.S.W. 28 August 1885. ¶ In the greatest haste ¶ Highly esteemed Baron,...
          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Franz Stephani, 1885-08-28.
            28/8/85. ¶ ¶ May I ask you, esteemed Mr Stephani, to put together a list of those Jungermanniaceae &c of Australia that are named by Dr Gottsche not yet in the 11th volume of my ¶ Fragmenta ¶ . ¶ T...
            • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Society of New South Wales, 1885-09-??.
              ¶ These two species of bamboo had been so often found mixed up in works on Botany, that I deemed it advisable to refer the matter directly to the best authority extant, in order to obtain satisfactor...
              • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1885-09-19.
                19/9/85 ¶ ¶ For some time, dear Mr Dyer, no particular cause arose, to write to Sir Joseph or yourself; but now 2 or 3 subjects are on my mind concerning which I ought to write to Kew; hence these li...
                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard von Regel, 1885-09-19.
                  19 September 1885. ¶ ¶ The mail, which arrived this week, noble friend, brought to me the glorious and most precious memento, which your exalted monarch most graciously condescended to bestow on me. ...
                  • Henry Forbes to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-09-19.
                    ¶ Rest assured that I shall do my very utmost to secure a large collection of high-altitude plants. The alpine flora of the Malayan mountains have been a source of the acutest pleasure to me for some...
                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard von Regel, 1885-09-21.
                      21/9/85. ¶ ¶ In a registered letter to you, ¶ noble friend, by this post, has been sent a letter of thanks to His Excellency the Minister of the Imperial Domains, ¶ though I found it difficult to e...
                      • David Lindsay to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-09-26.
                        MacKinnon Parade west ¶ North Adelaide ¶ 26th Sept 1885. ¶ Baron Von Mueller K.C.M.G. &c &c ¶ Melbourne...
                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1885-10-02.
                          2/10/85. ¶ ¶ Last evening, dear Sir Joseph, I had the pleasure to meet your clever young son. ¶ I shall do all, that is within my power, to promote his interest. I introduced him myself this day to ...
                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Strickland, 1885-10-10.
                            10/10/85. ¶ ¶ Last evening, dear Sir Edward, we held here a Council-meeting, ¶ and this reminds me, that I still owe you an answer to your last kind letter. ¶ We here will ¶ endeavour ¶ to get th...
                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1885-10-20.
                              20/10/85. ¶ ¶ It needs not my assurance, dear Mr Dyer, that I was delighted, to meet a son of such a distinguished man as Sir Joseph Hooker; and it was particularly gratifying to me to notice, that y...
                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Carruthers, 1885-10-21.
                                21/10/85. ¶ ¶ ¶ It has been a long time, dear Mr Carruthers, since I wrote to you, but as we are both labouriously engaged in our respective positions, neither of us will have much spare-time, and s...
                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard von Regel, 1885-10-27.
                                  27 October 1885. ¶ ¶ The arrival of the August issue of your beautiful ¶ Gartenflora ¶ as well as one of the last numbers of the ¶ Gardeners' Chronicle ¶ brought to me also the news of the triump...
                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Strickland, 1885-11-21.
                                    Melbourne ¶ 21/11/85 ¶ Sir Edward Strickland, K.C.B., President of the geogr. Soc. of Austr. ¶ ¶ Since the last more alarming reports reached us, dear Sir Edward, little more than a week ago, we here...
                                    • Hermann Dittrich to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-12-??.
                                      ¶ On 5 December 1885, a part of the expedition started off from Dalhousie Station on the Overland Telegraph in a direct easterly direction to wait for the leader of the expedition, David Lindsay, and...
                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Fred Turner, 1885-12-04.
                                        4/12/85 ¶ ¶ Let me thank you, dear Mr Turner, for your goodness in sending me the "town & country" with your important notes on native grasses. ¶ I beg of you particularly, to ¶ continue ¶ these s...
                                        • Alfred Kirchhoff to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-12-21.
                                          Halle, 21 December 1885 ¶ Highly esteemed Doctor, ¶ ¶ At the same time as these lines I am also sending an offprint of my introduction to the first volume of the ¶ Länderkunde der fünf Erdteile ¶ t...
                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Jonas Levien, 1885-12-28.
                                            Melbourne, 28th December, 1885. ¶ Sir, ¶ I have the honour of transmitting herewith a copy of the new enlarged Victorian edition of the volume on "Select Extra-tropic Plants for Industrial Culture and...
                                            • W. Anthony Persieh to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-??-??.
                                              ¶ I am sending you the bark of the ¶ Pandanus ¶ of which you will shortly receive the two small drupes with the same from ¶ P. pedunculatum ¶ to compare whether it might be a new species. ¶ ¶ Th...
                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Strickland, 1886-01-08.
                                                8/1/86. ¶ ¶ This evening, dear Sir Edward, I received your kind letter of yesterday, together with the copy of the last one from Mr Forbes. ¶ Letters not found. ¶ ¶ Let me in first instance offer to...
                                                • Edward Strickland to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-02-10.
                                                  Sydney ¶ 10th Febry 1886 ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ I feel very much ashamed of myself and full of repentance that I have not only left your kind note of the 27th January ¶ Letter not found. ¶ ¶ unanswered...
                                                  • M. Dugan to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-02-22.
                                                    Gilbert River ¶ North Queensland ¶ MS annotation by M: 'ViaNormanton'. ¶ Feby 22nd 1886 ¶ Dear Baron ¶ ¶ I enclose you a specimen of a little tree with berries that I obtained near the Gilbert. — It ...
                                                    • Edward Strickland to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-03-01.
                                                      Sydney N. S. Wales ¶ 1st March 1886 ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ I fear much that long ere now you are tired of my frequent excuses — I am very much disgusted with matters Geographical and have really been de...
                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alfred Deakin, 1886-03-04.
                                                        Melbourne, ¶ 4 March 1886. ¶ The honorable Alfred Deakin, M.L.A., ¶ Chief Secretary. ¶ Sir...
                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1886-03-04.
                                                          4/3/86. ¶ ¶ Accept my best thanks, dear Dr Ramsay, for your information, concerning the Marsupials, feeding on the grain of Triodia. ¶ ¶ The fung, found by Mr Bennett, ¶ I had only once before, als...
                                                          • Mordecai Cooke to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-04-??.
                                                            Australian Fungi since June 6, 1885...
                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1886-04-??.
                                                              OTTELIA OVALIFOLIA. ¶ As this Ottelia has now been raised in several European gardens from seeds procured by me, it may be interesting to give an illustration in the ¶ Gardeners' Chronicle ¶ , copied...
                                                              • John Thurston to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-04-02.
                                                                Government House ¶ Fiji ¶ 2nd April 1886 ¶ My dear Sir. ¶ ¶ In one of our late papers I observed the copy of a letter dated the 28 Nov. last addressed by you to Mr W. K. Thomson of Melbourne ¶ with ...
                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1886-04-03.
                                                                  Saturday ¶ 3/4/86. ¶ ¶ Until now, dear Mr Tepper, the small packet of plants from the flora of Kangaroo Island ¶ that your last letter announced ¶ has not yet arrived. I only comment because someth...
                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1886-04-05.
                                                                    ¶ I have just worked a little while longer on your plants, dear Mr Tepper, in order to do justice to you immediately. I sent off a series of names this afternoon. ¶ ¶ The ¶ Lasiopetalum ¶ is proba...
                                                                    • Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-04-19.
                                                                      Brisbane ¶ April 19th 1886 ¶ Dear Baron ¶ ¶ Accept my thanks for your kind remarks ¶ on my Catalogue of the woods ¶ — Re my (No 332a) supposed Kermadecia I feel sure it is identical with a tree in ...
                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung, 1886-04-19.
                                                                        Enclosed I am sending you the cover sheet and one of the lithographic illustrations of my new work on the Myoporinae that illustrates 76 species of this family and of which publication will take place...
                                                                        • Edward Strickland to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-04-29.
                                                                          Private ¶ Sydney 29th April 1886 ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ I have not replied to your always welcome letters of 14th and 16th April, ¶ Letters not found. ¶ ¶ for the very simple reasons that I have been t...
                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Cuthbert Blackett, 1886-05-12.
                                                                            12/5/86 ¶ ¶ It was my intention, dear Mr Blackett, to call on you ere this; but the work in the Department is still so overwhelming, that I can not get away even in evening-hours or on Sundays. ¶ ¶ ...
                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alphonse de Candolle, 1886-05-15.
                                                                              15/5/86. ¶ ¶ In response to your last kind letter, honored Sir, let me first say, that I hope to unite the descriptions of the new Australian plants, published during the last few years, into a syste...
                                                                              • Henry Forbes to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-05-17.
                                                                                To Baron Mueller.— Cooktown. ¶ Qld. ¶ 17th May. — I have arrived here ¶ en route ¶ for England. Want of funds has compelled me to give up the ascent, which otherwise could have been accomplished. T...
                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1886-05-29.
                                                                                  29/5/86 ¶ ¶ Though extremely pressed for time just now, dear Dr Ramsay, I have looked over Mr Bennetts ¶ plants at once, and as it may be some encouragement to him, send the list, so far as it could...
                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1886-05-31.
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                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Samuel Avery, 1886-06-??.
                                                                                      [… a few days ago received from Baron von Mueller a letter expressive of the gratification he felt at the success of the planting of certain grasses the Baron had supplied for the checking of the sand...
                                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Shillinglaw, 1886-06-05.
                                                                                        Melbourne, 5th June, 1886. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ In reply to your last communication, ¶ I have the honour to state, for communication to the Royal Commission on Vegetable Products, that, in my opinion, those p...
                                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Litton, 1886-06-10.
                                                                                          South Yarra, ¶ 10 June 1886 ¶ Consul Litton &c ¶ Litton was appointed Consul-General for Liberia 'for Australasia and the Islands adjacent thereto' in September 1885 (Victoria,Governmentgazette, 4 Sep...
                                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1886-06-22.
                                                                                            22/6/86 ¶ Annotated in purple pencil to left of date: Mr Baker |And13/8/86[letter not found]. ¶ ¶ A late evening hour is devoted to you, dear Mr Dyer, to reply early to your kind letter of yesterday ...
                                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Litton, 1886-06-26.
                                                                                              26/6/86 ¶ The mail occupies me just much, dear Consul Litton, ¶ Litton was appointed Consul-General for Liberia 'for Australasia and the Islands adjacent thereto' in September 1885 (Victoria,Governmen...
                                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Carruthers, 1886-07-12.
                                                                                                12/7/86 ¶ ¶ ¶ In first instance, dear Mr Carruthers, let me offer my best felicita- ¶ Word, at end of line, has not been completed. ¶ ¶ to your being raised to the Presidentship of the now venerabl...
                                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1886-07-21.
                                                                                                  21/7/86. ¶ ¶ The mail brought me just your kind letter of the 31 May, ¶ dear Mr Dyer, and altho’ I am much pressed with departmental work, I must not leave your communication unanswered. You and the...
                                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1886-07-26.
                                                                                                    26/[7]/86 ¶ A day after I despatched to you my last letter, dear Mr Dyer, ¶ I received from Dr Beccari the concluding part of the second & the commencing part of the third volume of his admirable “Ma...
                                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Odoardo Beccari, 1886-07-26.
                                                                                                      86/07/26 ¶ ¶ I was pleasingly surprised, dear Dr Beccari, to receive together ¶ ¶ two ¶ ¶ parts of your admirable ¶ ¶ "Malesia" ¶ ¶ by last mail, ¶ Beccari (1877-90): last part of vol.2 and first...
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