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Ferdinand von Mueller

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  • [J. Lynch] to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-04-??.
    [Our Guildford ¶ Vic. ¶ correspondent writes that at a depth of two hundred feet, in the claim of the Golden Lead, on Mr Mein's property, Guildford, fossil fruit, branches and leaves, have been found...
    • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1876-04-14.
      14/4/76. ¶ ¶ It is quite wonderful, dear Mr Bentham, to watch you working. I trust, however, that you not overstrain your nervous system. Do not distress yourself about the Liliaceae &c in your hand;...
      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Asa Gray, 1876-04-16.
        Easter /1876. ¶ ¶ Let me thank you for your noble letter, ¶ dear Prof Gray. Like yourself I find, that if any letters are left unanswered ¶ at once ¶ , they are not likely ever to be answered at al...
        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1876-04-16.
          Private ¶ Easterday ¶ ¶ 1876 ¶ I write this, dear Dr Hooker, to tell you (from a friends place in the country, ¶ Not identified. ¶ ¶ where I seek during the Easter holidays fresh air) that the two C...
          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Bolander, 1876-05-02.
            2/5/76 ¶ ¶ For a long time, dear friend, it was my intention to write to you and if it did not happen, it was not lack of recollection of you and all your long-standing kindness, but rather the reaso...
            • Alexander Paterson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-05-09.
              Botanic Road Adelaide ¶ May 9th 1876 ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ I send herewith a complete plant It is a tolerably typical specimen. Luxurious plants are sometimes 3 or 4 times wider and a foot taller but t...
              • Ferdinand von Mueller to August Petermann, 1876-05-10.
                Melbourne, 10 May 1876. ¶ ¶ Be so kind, noble friend, as to express my gratitude to the excellent Mr Perthes ¶ for the generous transmission of the magnificent atlas. ¶ I have forwarded the copies ...
                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Filippo Parlatore, 1876-05-13.
                  Melbourne ¶ 13/5/76 ¶ Dear Commander and colleague, ¶ ¶ Allow me to ask you whether it would be possible for me to obtain some of Dr Beccari's plants, whether by exchange or by purchase, with the aim...
                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Shillinglaw, 1876-05-29.
                    Monday ¶ Letter dated on the basis of aMS annotation,probably by Shillinglaw, '30 May 76', and the likelihood that the letter was posted the day before this. 29 May 1876 was a Monday. ¶ ¶ In referenc...
                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Ballarat Public Library Committee, 1876-06-??.
                      ¶ [Correspondence was read from … Baron von Mueller, presenting to the Library ¶ ¶ "Giles' ¶ ¶ Travels in Central Australia," ¶ E.Giles (1875). ¶ ¶ "Campbell's New ¶ ¶ Hebrides," ¶ Campbell (1873...
                      • George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-06-??.
                        25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ June 1876 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ During a short visit I lately paid to Paris ¶ Bentham was in Paris from 2 to 10 June1876. On 5 June,he took his seat asmembre corresponda...
                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Bacchus, 1876-06-??.
                          The little weed from the bowling green of Ballarat is, as you rightly surmised, a ¶ hydro cotyle ¶ , ¶ Printer's error for Hydrocotyle? ¶ namely ¶ H. muscosa ¶ of R. Brown, ¶ Richard (1820), p. 20...
                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Shillinglaw, 1876-06-04.
                            Sunday ¶ ¶ ¶ I have found the larger portrait, dear Mr Shillinglaw, & send it you on loan, so that you can have your choice between that and the woodcut of R ¶ Brown ¶ . Anticipating that you will...
                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1876-06-07.
                              7/6/76. ¶ ¶ I thank you, dear Mr Ramsay, for your liberal sending of Cycas seeds. ¶ Dr Seemann identified the Fiji sp. as Cycas circinalis L. In this he may or may not be correct. The fruit is not s...
                              • Townsend MacDermott to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-06-12.
                                honor et virtus ¶ Temple Court ¶ 12th June 1876 ¶ ¶ Mr MacDermott presents his compliments to The Baron Von Mueller and would feel greatly obliged if he would forward to the Public Library Ballarat E...
                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson, 1876-06-14.
                                  Melbourne, 14/6/76. ¶ The honorable John Macpherson, ¶ Chief Secretary. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ In compliance with your request I have the honor of transmitting to you herewith a copy of four of the volumes, issu...
                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Cope, 1876-06-21.
                                    Melbourne ¶ 21/6/76 ¶ ¶ I was pleasingly surprised, dear Prof Cope, when I received your communication of the 19 Apr., ¶ in which you apprise me of my election into the famed Academy of natural Scie...
                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Read, 1876-07-??.
                                      ¶ [Dr Mueller requesting to be furnished with samples of the seeds sent by the Chief Secretary.]...
                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Mandeville, 1876-07-??.
                                        [asking for a small quantity of the sea lyme and bent grass seeds for experiments] ¶ TheBelfast gazettereported on 28 July 1876 that theBelfast BoroughCouncil had received a letter from the Under Secr...
                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1876-07-10.
                                          10/7/76 ¶ ¶ Herewith, dear Mr Ramsay, ¶ fresh ¶ seeds of the best Cinchona, the red one, so rich in Quinin. The plant ought to become important for your sheltered fernglens. ¶ ¶ Did you or your br...
                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Branwhite Clarke, 1876-07-22.
                                            22/7/76 ¶ ¶ Let me gratulate you, rev. and dear friend, to the happy choice, which the Council of the RS. ¶ Royal Society of London. Clarke had been included on that year's list of candidates to be e...
                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alphonse de Candolle, 1876-08-07.
                                              Melbourne 7/8/76. ¶ ¶ It affords me much pleasure, honored and venerable friend, to send you herewith the unexpanded flowers of some species of Ripogonum; and if in the progress of your important res...
                                              • William Henry Archer to Albert Le Souef, 1876-08-08.
                                                Office of Lands and Survey ¶ Melbourne, 8th August 1876 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ Referring to previous correspondence relative to the issue of Crown Grants for the Royal Park and Zoological Reserves, ¶ I have the ...
                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Branwhite Clarke, 1876-08-19.
                                                  19/8/76. ¶ Private ¶ Privateis also written at the head of a further two pages of the letter. ¶ ¶ Gladly do I send, rev. and venerable friend, the few pages on Papua-plants. ¶ B75.11.01, B76.04.07, B...
                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1876-08-20.
                                                    20/8/76 ¶ ¶ It may interest you, dear Dr Hooker, that a second species of your genus Adenochilus has been discovered by Mr J Norton, on a cataract in the Blue Mountains of N.S. Wales, very near to A....
                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Asa Gray, 1876-08-23.
                                                      Melbourne 23/8/76 ¶ ¶ Let me thank you for your friendly note, dear Dr Gray, and for the ¶ splendid ¶ volume on Californian plants ¶ , for which anyhow I would have sent, but which I value all the ...
                                                      • William Armit to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-08-29.
                                                        Dunrobin ¶ 29 August 1876 ¶ ¶ Your letter of 26 July ¶ has just arrived here, my dear Baron, and I hurry to answer it. I am sending you specimens nos. 494 & 402. These attempts come from the Gilbert...
                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson, 1876-08-31.
                                                          QUARTERLY ESTIMATE ¶ . ¶ To the Honorable ¶ ¶ the Chief Secretary ¶ Sir ¶ , ¶ ¶ I have the honor to submit for approval the following Estimate of Expenditure during the ¶ ¶ two months ¶ ¶ ending ¶...
                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 1876-09-??.
                                                            ¶ [ ¶ Baron Ferdinand Müller of Melbourne calls the attention of the Society to the fact that the priority of the denomination of the genus ¶ Waldheimia ¶ of Karelin and Kirilow, as given already i...
                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Société d'Acclimatation, Paris, 1876-09-??.
                                                              [In addition, the Society has recently received:… ¶ 4. From Baron Von Mueller: Seeds of ¶ Podocarpus Drouyniana ¶ ]....
                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1876-09-04.
                                                                4/9/76 ¶ ¶ I have forwarded to you, dear Mr Bentham, or rather to Dr Hooker, by the ship "Agamemnon" two large Cases with Cyperaceae 10 weeks weeks ago. Altho' it seems inadvisable to send consignmen...
                                                                • George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-09-20.
                                                                  25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ Sept 20 1876 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ The Composite which has invaded Australia and of which you sent a specimen in your last letter is Inula graveolens a common weed in a ...
                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson, 1876-09-21.
                                                                    Melbourne, ¶ 21/9/76. ¶ The hon. J. Macpherson, ¶ Chief Secretary &c. ¶ Sir,...
                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1876-09-23.
                                                                      23/9/76. ¶ ¶ Is it not likely, my dear Mr Bentham, that Acacia Farnesiana must be regarded as of eastern Origin. It is clearly the shrub, which Dioscorides & Theophrastos knew from Egypt and Kappadoc...
                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1876-09-23.
                                                                        23/9/76. ¶ ¶ Let me express in first instance, dear Dr Hooker, my best gratulation to your new matrimonial union with the distinguished Lady, who is to grace your home. ¶ I wished only that a simila...
                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Engelmann, 1876-09-26.
                                                                          Melbourne ¶ 26/9/76 ¶ ¶ I was extremely pleased, ¶ ¶ very respected Dr Englemann, ¶ ¶ that you honored me by your kind letter with last month's mail and also sent me your important papers about the...
                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Brown, 1876-10-??.
                                                                            ¶ [In the course of correspondence with Baron von Mueller of Melbourne he kindly requested me to forward you a few Notes of our recent visit to Duke of York Group, New Ireland and New Britain.]...
                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Mandeville, 1876-10-??.
                                                                              ¶ [Baron Von Mueller advising of consignment of seeds for Hummocks planting.]...
                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Read, 1876-10-??.
                                                                                ¶ [Baron von Müeller stating that a further Consignment of seed was in course of transit to this Council with recommendations as to sowing same]...
                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1876-10-04.
                                                                                  4/10/76 ¶ ¶ By the Steamship "Durham", dear Dr Hooker, a Gentleman takes a case with living plants to London. ¶ In this are included for Kew 2 plants of Correa Lawrenciana, the var. with ¶ crimson ...
                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1876-10-14.
                                                                                    14/10/76 ¶ ¶ Gladly would I accede to your request, dear Mr Dyer, to complete the series of my reports at the Kew-library, but I have not even a private copy myself. Few more copies were printed than...
                                                                                    • George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-10-18.
                                                                                      25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ Oct 18th 1876 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I write a few lines chiefly to beg you if not done already kindly to send off the Gramineae and Ferns as soon as possible ¶ I begin ...
                                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to James Neild, 1876-10-23.
                                                                                        Monday ¶ ¶ I am invited, dear Dr Neild, to meet on Wednesday evening the Countess Bussy at Mr Harkers place. It will therefore be at a late hour only, that I can join the medical fete, too late for t...
                                                                                        • William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-10-23.
                                                                                          Richmond ¶ Oct 23rd 1876 ¶ My dear Doctor, ¶ ¶ I forward by this mail another copy of my lecture. ¶ ¶ Do you wish me to notice the second part of the School Flora, or to wait for the completion of t...
                                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to August Petermann, 1876-10-24.
                                                                                            24 October 1876. ¶ ¶ This time, dear Professor, I am sending you again a miscellany about exploration. The notice about the Queensland North-west expedition ¶ requires some comment. The name ¶ Diam...
                                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Malcolm Fraser, 1876-10-26.
                                                                                              26/10/76 ¶ ¶ I feel under deep obligation, dear Mr Fraser, for the generous efforts, which his Excellency has made on my behalf, and which after nearly 30 years toil in Australia may at last brighten...
                                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society, 1876-11-??.
                                                                                                On the rules of priority of geographic names. ¶ by Baron Ferd. von Mueller, C.M.G., M.D., FRS., F.R.G.S. ¶ "Suum cuique." ¶ ¶ It might be fairly supposed, that the appellations of geographic localiti...
                                                                                                • Ernest Wuth to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-11-??.
                                                                                                  ¶ I have here the pleasure of recording to you a second case of successful subcutaneous injection of nicotine (two drops to the ounce, ¶ at the height of the symptoms two injections twice a day), an...
                                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of London, 1876-11-02.
                                                                                                    FORM OF RECOMMENDATION ¶ FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. ¶ Captain William E. Armit Inspector of Police, Dunrobin, Queensland. ¶ a gentleman attached to the study of Natural History, es...
                                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Wall, 1876-11-03.
                                                                                                      Melbourne, 3rd November, 1876. ¶ John Wall, Esq., ¶ town clerk of Sebastopol. ¶ Sir,— ¶ ¶ In reply to your letter just received, ¶ I beg to observe that the so-called Cape weed (Cryptootemma calendu...
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