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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1889-06-??.
[Our illustration (p. 105) ¶ 89-06-00c_image01.jpg The illustration is captioned 'Fig. 16—A tree bridge in Gippsland, New South Wales'. ¶ exhibits a primitive mode of forming a bridge by felling a h...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1889-07-??.
¶ The ascent of the Owen Stanley Ranges in New Guinea to their very summit, recently accomplished by Sir ¶ William Macgregor ¶ , demonstrates the occurrence of an almost alpine vegetation between el...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Morton, 1889-08-??.
August 1889 ¶ ¶ [The Secretary (Mr. Alex. Morton) stated that since the last meeting, ¶ at which the question of the height of some of the tallest Tasmanian trees had been discussed, he had been mak...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Veit Wittrock, 1889-10-31.
31/10/89 ¶ ¶ Would you oblige me, dear Professor, by an explanation how the name Wurmb or Wurms should be written after Van W-, the Dutch merchant, to whom Thunberg dedicated a genus of South African...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Nordstedt, 1890-01-21.
21/1/90 ¶ ¶ In my presidential speech, noble friend, for the Melbourne meeting of the great Australian ¶ Association for the Advancement of Science, I have mentioned especially that an illustrated m...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Ellery, 1890-08-01.
1/8/1890 ¶ ¶ Could you kindly refer me, dear Col. Ellery, to a notice of a measurement of a Giant Eucalypt, instituted many years ago by the late Professor Wilson. ¶ ¶ The Eucalyptus, concerning whi...
Wilhelm Bäuerlen to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890-08-30.
Monga ¶ 30/8/90. ¶ Most esteemed Baron, ¶ ¶ The day before yesterday I arrived back here and found your letter with the enclosed remittance, for which I thank you most sincerely. I herewith enclose t...
Ebenezer Thomas to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1891-08-17.
17 August [18]91 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ With reference to previous correspondence in which the Government of Burma (Forest Department) promised to supply a parcel of Bamboo seeds in return for Eucalyptus seeds p...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Société nationale d'acclimatation de France, 1892-01-??.
¶ [ ¶ Baron Von Mueller announces the sending of seeds of various species of Eucalyptus] ¶ Later in the same meeting, Albert Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire spoke (p. 392):A propos de l'envoi annoncé par M. ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Albert Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1892-11-??.
¶ By this mail I am sending you fresh seeds of Eucalyptus, of the sort from which is distilled the precious ¶ mallee-oil ¶ . These species grow in sandy deserts: they could therefore be particularly...
William MacDonald to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1893-11-09.
Kempsey, ¶ Nov 9th 93 ¶ My Dear Baron Von Mueller ¶ ¶ Will you kindly name the enclosed Eucalyptus a tree of medium dimensions with rough bark commonly called stringy bark. The ordinary height of th...
William MacDonald to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1893-11-21.
Kempsey. ¶ Nov 21st 93 ¶ My Dear Baron ¶ Eucalyptus ¶ (Drooping Gum) ¶ (Gry Gum)...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Crawford, 1894-06-02.
2/6/94. ¶ ¶ It is very cheering to me, dear Mr Crawford, to have again a letter from you, and as on all former occasion full of interest rurally. Probably in the ¶ overwhelming ¶ work devolving on ...
John Brooks to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-07-25.
Balbinia, ¶ 25th July, 1894. ¶ Baron Sir Ferd. von Mueller. ¶ Dear Sir, — ¶ ¶ At Israelite Bay ¶ you can see a point where three formations meet, which I term the "Old," the "New," and the "Recent....
Ferdinand von Mueller to Léon Dejardin, 1894-10-18.
18/10/94. ¶ Chevalier Dejardin, ¶ Consul General for France. ¶ ¶ Herewith, dear Consul Dejardin, I beg to send you for the Tunis-Regency seeds of ten kinds of rare Eucalyptus, freshly collected, enou...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Cheeseman, 1895-08-08.
8/8/95 ¶ ¶ Allow me to ask, dear Mr Cheeseman, whether you have handy there the Alectryon excelsum ¶ , and if so will you kindly send me some fruits, when they are ripe, as I would wish to examine ca...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Nicholas Holtze, 1895-11-05.
5/11/95. ¶ ¶ It gave me much pleasure, dear Mr Holtze, to receive last evening your kind letter ¶ and the parcel with Rhaphidophora leaves;— and as this is "Cup-Day" ¶ and everyone is on the "Races...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Léon Dejardin, 1895-11-07.
7/11/95 ¶ ¶ Allow me, dear Chev Dejardin, to send you herewith the print of a short speech I made in memory of the great Pasteur. ¶ A ¶ Patron of the Field-Naturalists Club I offered my tribut, but...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Setchell, 1896-03-05.
Dictated ¶ Melbourne 5-3-96 ¶ ¶ Let me acknowledge dear Professor Setchell the receipt of your kind letter dated 3th February, ¶ and let me assure you that I shall always be glad to hear from you. I...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Annie Walker, 1896-04-17.
Dictated ¶ Melbourne 17-4-96. ¶ ¶ This letter is dictated to you dear Miss Walker as I do not feel well and as this is at a very late hour of a very buissy day, but I do not wish to keep you longer w...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Ridley, 1896-04-21.
21/4/96. ¶ ¶ Yesterday, dear Mr Ridley, arrived the large case with dried pressed plants, which you kindly forwarded. They arrived in a fairly good condition as a whole, though some had suffered from...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ludwig Wittmack, 1896-06-13.
13 June 1896 ¶ ¶ Firstly, noble friend, allow my thanks to be expressed for the constant sending of the beautiful ¶ Gartenflora ¶ , that also again and again reminds me sorrowfully of Regel ¶ whom ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Georg Schweinfurth, 1896-06-25.
25/6/96 ¶ ¶ For a long time, honoured Professor, I was eager to take up our correspondence again. ¶ Your longish absence from Egypt almost brought you out of my sphere and our activity in the profes...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Setchell, 1896-07-17.
17/7/96 ¶ ¶ It needs not my assurance, dear Prof Sechell, that I will always name for you plants, more particularly those from Australia, concerning which you may have doubts there. ¶ In the great g...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1896-09-??.
¶ [The depressed financial condition of the colony hampered him in his publications, but in his last letter to us he mentions his intention to resume at once the publication of his monograph of the C...