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Ferdinand von Mueller

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  • Albert Purchas to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-10-02.
    Melbourne, ¶ October 2nd. 1871 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date complaining of the reply sent to the Board of Enquiry into the management of the Botan...
    • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1871-10-03.
      Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 3/10/71. ¶ ¶ The byefollowing is the rest of the correspondence, dear Mr Odgers, concerning the Gardener W. Smith. As these papers seemed to me, not to come under those of the...
      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1871-10-05.
        Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 5/10/71. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to submit, that all the purposes, which are sought to be obtained, ¶ In August 1871, the Department of Industrial and Reformatory Schools i...
        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1871-10-08.
          Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 8 October 1871. ¶ ¶ It is with deepest sentiments of gratitude, noble friend, that I receive your kind letter and the congratulations expressed in it. ¶ Accept also my as...
          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Barkly, 1871-10-08.
            8/10/71 ¶ ¶ Dr Sonder wrote me by last mail & thinks that Mr Dyer of Dublin will be the Collaborator in the work on S African plants ¶ That is, following William Harvey's deathin 1866,totake his plac...
            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Johann von Wächter, 1871-10-08.
              Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 8 October 1871. ¶ Excellency, ¶ ¶ It is my most honourable duty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 12 July, ¶ and most respectfully to ask Your Excellency to ex...
              • Ferdinand von Mueller to August Petermann, 1871-10-10.
                Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 10 October 1871. ¶ ¶ There are again a few items of geographical news, noble Sir, that I really have to report to you, even though they are not of great import. ¶ ¶ The G...
                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1871-10-10.
                  ¶ It is impossible to judge from a small piece of bark what plant may have furnished it. Mr Gill assuredly might have pressed a small branch with flowers or fruits into his notebook, when the precise...
                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Eliezer Montefiore, 1871-10-13.
                    Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 13/10/71 ¶ ¶ Do not trouble to think any more about the photograms, dear Mr Montefiore, so far as I am concerned; for your own reminiscences I regret however the loss of the p...
                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Júlio Henriques, 1871-10-15.
                      Melbourne, botanic garden ¶ 15th October 1871. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have had the honour of receiving your letter of 2 July; ad it has given me much pleasure to learn that the Todea fern has arrived in good c...
                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Leader, 1871-10-25.
                        ¶ The herb transmitted to me for inspection is botanically known as Gnaphalium Japonicum. It extends through the whole of Australia, except the hottest tropical regions, and I have traced it to the s...
                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1871-11-??.
                          ¶ The interference for 2½ years with me in my Department, dear Mr Bentham, has disorganized ¶ all ¶ work in the establishment here, and involved such enormous loss of time, that even now the supple...
                          • William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-11-??.
                            Herriott's ¶ Sp. ¶ ¶ Nov/ 1871 ¶ 1. ¶ Eucalyptus eugenioides ¶ 2. ¶ Mucuna gigantea ¶ 3. ¶ Lomaria Patersoni ¶ 4. L. ¶ discolor...
                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1871-11-05.
                              Melbourne bot Garden ¶ [5]/11/71 ¶ ¶ Am I rightly under an impression, dear Dr Hooker, that you wanted a very large Dicksonia antarctica? If so, I will be happy to place ¶ the largest ¶ of nine, sh...
                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1871-11-18.
                                Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 18/11/71. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ In accordance with your instructions I have the honor to report on the case of Carpenter H. Petersen, ¶ and to refer also to a memorandum, dated and submi...
                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bennett, 1871-12-??.
                                  ¶ [From a letter just received from my friend Dr. von Mueller, I find he proposes, in conjunction with Mr. C. Moore, to dedicate this plant [Iris Robinsoniana] to our future governor, Sir Hercules Ro...
                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Bowman, 1871-12-??.
                                    The best thing to save flocks and cattle that have fed on ¶ Gastrolobium ¶ , is to prevent them from drinking for a while. No antidote is as yet known to me; but my opportunities for experiment are v...
                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1871-12-??.
                                      In candour, I must confess that I feel somewhat disappointed with the scantiness of contributions of plants from your country, and with the paucity of amateur collectors. When I consider how, in many ...
                                      • Alexander Forrest to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-??.
                                        [Mr. Alexander Forrest, the young West Australian explorer, writing to Baron Von Mueller, states that he penetrated eastward from Perth about 600 miles, therefore a long distance beyond Hampton Plains...
                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Johan Lange, 1871-12-01.
                                          Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 1 December 1871. ¶ ¶ Today, noble friend, I met the venerable Consul J. B. Were and I must confess that I heard with regret, that so far his wishes still remain unfulfille...
                                          • Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-01.
                                            Decr 1 /71 ¶ Dear Mueller ¶ ¶ Let me congratulate you heartily on your release from the worries and anxieties of your anomalous position, ¶ & next on the accession of your dignities which though not...
                                            • Wilhelm Sonder to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-01.
                                              Hamburg, 1 December 1871. ¶ My dear friend, ¶ ¶ Since the day before yesterday I have the following articles in my possession: 1. a map of Melbourne; 2. a pamphlet for the natural history society; ¶ ...
                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1871-12-01.
                                                Melbourne bot garden ¶ 1/12/71. ¶ ¶ Since I wrote last, dear Dr Hooker, I was able to secure yet for the Niagara stems of ¶ ¶ Dicksonia squarrosa ¶ ¶ Cyathea dealbata [&]...
                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1871-12-03.
                                                  Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 3/12/71 ¶ ¶ P|ossibly, dear Mr Bentham, a letter of yours went to the seabottom in the Rangoon. ¶ So I wait with further sendings till next mail. The Orchideae are probably ne...
                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh, 1871-12-03.
                                                    Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 3 December 1871. ¶ ¶ Enclosed, noble Sir, I am sending you a few seaweeds from Port Denison, ¶ which might be welcome to you. ¶ ¶ Since I last wrote, I also have fresh ...
                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1871-12-06.
                                                      Melbourne bot. Garden, ¶ 6/12/71. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to draw your considerate attention to the circumstance, that at the time, when for the financial year 1871-1872 a further reduction of the...
                                                      • Carl XV, King of Sweden and Norway to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-09.
                                                        WE Carl, ¶ by the Grace of God, King of the Swedes, Norsemen, ¶ Goths and Wends ¶ ¶ Be it known: That, as has come to Our knowledge, the service and qualities through which the Director of the Botani...
                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1871-12-12.
                                                          ¶ The Director of the botanic Garden feels, after the return of these accounts, that if he remained tacit, he would be admitting, having incurred this expenditure unnecessarily. The Director ventures...
                                                          • William Greig and others to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1871-12-14.
                                                            Report of the Board upon the Botanical Gardens. ¶ To the Hon. C. G. Duffy ¶ Chief Secretary. ¶ ¶ We, the Board appointed by the Governor in Council "to inquire into and report on the Changes that may...
                                                            • Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-17.
                                                              Dec 17 /71 ¶ Dear Von Mueller ¶ ¶ I have often tried to identify our Australian Palms, but hitherto in vain. Will you tell me what the Palm figured in Botanical Magazine t. 4961 as ¶ ¶ Seaforthia el...
                                                              • Johann von Wächter to Christoph Friedrich von Stälin, 1871-12-18.
                                                                Letter to the Herald of Arms ¶ Oberstudienrath Stälin ¶ Your Honour ¶ ¶ It is known from the announcement in the ¶ Staatsanzeiger ¶ that His Majesty the King in consequence of the decision of 6 Jul...
                                                                • Thadeus O'Kane to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-??-??.
                                                                  Bulletin Office ¶ Rockhampton ¶ Dec 21st ¶ Dear Sir. ¶ ¶ The enclosed Creeper was found by Mr Robert Hewell about 30 miles north of Rockhampton in the coast lands. The fruit looks like mulberry. It i...
                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to a friend in New South Wales, 1872-??-??.
                                                                    Pray do not think about the desirability of moving my head-quarters. I am now after 25,000 miles of travel in Australia and at the age of 47, no longer able to commence the world ¶ Misreading of 'work...
                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Lewis Bernays, 1872-01-??.
                                                                      Mr. Charles Weldon Birch has lately performed some exploring trips about the Thomson River. ¶ Qld. ¶ In the ranges between the Belyando and Upper Thomson River he found numerous springs. About twent...
                                                                      • Charles Birch to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-01-??.
                                                                        ¶ I have made a geographical discovery, which with a single exception in Queensland has not its equal and the naming of which I leave to you. ¶ ¶ Leaving Bowen Downs I passed over about 33 English ...
                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edmund Goeze, 1872-01-??.
                                                                          [In a letter that has been received by the most dignified inspector of the Botanic Garden of Coimbra, Mr Ed. Goeze, Baron F. von Mueller of Melbourne announces to him two new plants that he describes....
                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to August Petermann, 1872-01-01.
                                                                            Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ New Year's Day 1872. ¶ ¶ Accept, noble Sir, my festive greetings, even though they are arriving late. May the year be a geographically great one! ¶ ¶ Mr Alex Forrest, the...
                                                                            • Edwin Daintrey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-01-03.
                                                                              Syd ¶ Sydney. ¶ ¶ Jan. 3. 1872. ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ I am glad that the ¶ ¶ Cryptostylis erecta ¶ ¶ reached you in safety. ¶ No earlier letter to or from Daintrey has been found, but the Daintrey sp...
                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1872-01-03.
                                                                                ¶ [Asks that no action be taken in Re Report ¶ until he has had time to prepare his defence]...
                                                                                • Christoph Friedrich von Stälin to Johann von Wächter, 1872-01-04.
                                                                                  Stuttgart 4 January 1872 ¶ To the Royal Ministry for Foreign Affairs. ¶ Report of Herald of Arms Stälin ¶ Reference: Baron von Mueller’s arms. ¶ Royal Ministry...
                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1872-01-23.
                                                                                    ¶ Case for Stuttgart ¶ . ¶ 1 ¶ ¶ parcel for Professor Petermann ¶ per ¶ Somersetshire ¶ 23 January 1872...
                                                                                    • Thomas Ware to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-01-24.
                                                                                      Chief Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne ¶ , ¶ ¶ 24 ¶ ¶ - 1 - ¶ ¶ 18 ¶ 72 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to request that you will be good enough to return to this Office (with as little delay as possible...
                                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1872-01-31.
                                                                                        Melbourne ¶ bot Garden ¶ 31/1/72 ¶ Private ¶ Each page of the MS is headed 'Private.' ¶ ¶ Hitherto, dear Dr Hooker, I have studiously avoided, to write to you at length about the difficulties, which ...
                                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to August Petermann, 1872-01-31.
                                                                                          Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 31 January 1872. ¶ ¶ Enclosed I am sending you, noble friend, the publication of Alex Forrest's brief report on his expedition beyond the Hampton Plains, which once more c...
                                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Christian Ehrenberg, 1872-02-01.
                                                                                            Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 1 February 1872. ¶ ¶ I can imagine how surprised you must be, noble Sir, when you receive these lines, and when I dare to confide in you that I should like to procure or r...
                                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Rawlinson, 1872-02-01.
                                                                                              Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 1/2/72 ¶ Sir Henry ¶ ¶ The Roy. Geogr Society has always evinced such a vivid interest in the fate of the Explorer Leichhardt, that I deem it my duty to bring under the Societ...
                                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to August Jochmus von Cotignola, 1872-02-02.
                                                                                                Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 2 February 1872. ¶ ¶ Just before the close of the mail, noble Marshal, I am able to send you the sketch of a large inland lake to which I attached your famous name, and wh...
                                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1872-02-06.
                                                                                                  Melbourne Botanic Garden ¶ 6th February 1872 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ Availing myself of your permission, I have the honor to submit my views on the report, recently presented by a Board upon the Botanic Garden. ¶ ...
                                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1872-02-28.
                                                                                                    Melbourne ¶ bot Garden ¶ 28/2/72 ¶ ¶ The next consignment will go to you, dear Mr Bentham, by the steamer Northumberland in the middle of March and will reach you therefore probably in May. If I even...
                                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to August Petermann, 1872-02-28.
                                                                                                      Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 28 February 1872. ¶ ¶ Your magnificent ¶ ¶ new ¶ ¶ maps have come to me from the bottom of the ocean, where they had sunk with the ¶ ¶ Rangoon ¶ , yet still ¶ ¶ undama...
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