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Ferdinand von Mueller

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  • Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson, 1869-09-29.
    Melbourne botan Garden, ¶ 29. Sept. 1869. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ Being aware, that it is intended to entrust the Gardener Mr W. Fergusen ¶ William Ferguson. ¶ ¶ with administrative duties in the botanic Garden, ...
    • George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-09-30.
      25. WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ Sept 30/69 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ After three months absence I am now again at work and am advancing on Labiatae. I found on my return several of your letters for which I have to ...
      • Ferdinand von Mueller to a friend in Sydney, 1869-10-??.
        ¶ Please thank the Evening News and other Sydney papers for their kind encouragement to my last appeal in the interest of poor Leichhardt. I hope to arrange that Mr. Forest ¶ shall take the field ag...
        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacques Coste, 1869-10-??.
          [Mr. Coste adds ¶ The previous paragraph reported Coste's remarks on specimens of salmon raised in Norwegian fish farms. ¶ that it follows from the documents he has recently received from Mr Von Muel...
          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl Mücke, 1869-10-??.
            ¶ ¶ It is a joyful thought to me that you have formed the idea to spend the evening of your active life in this colony, where, I trust, if I should not die soon, to meet you often. May this evening ...
            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-10-05.
              Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 5/10/69 ¶ ¶ I am very glad, dear Dr Hooker, to have the opportunity of introducing to you my excellent friend Mons. A. Thozet, F. LS., of Queensland. This Gentleman will be kno...
              • Ferdinand von Mueller to August Petermann, 1869-10-09.
                9 October 1869. ¶ ¶ Herewith, esteemed Professor, I am sending you the first part of Mr Forrest's travel diary; ¶ Presumably what Petermann printed as J. Forrest (1870). ¶ ¶ the other half has not b...
                • Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson, 1869-10-10.
                  ¶ [Reports relative to applicn of Govt of Otago for a supply of plants & shrubs from Botanic gardens of Victoria] ¶ See also M to J. MacPherson, 5 March 1870(in this edition as 70-03-05a)....
                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-10-10.
                    10/10/69 ¶ ¶ Let me thank you, dear Dr Hooker, for sending me a copy of your valuable report. ¶ Your toil during the year must have been a great one with all your extrawork, and you will sympathize ...
                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Paul Ascherson, 1869-10-10.
                      Would it not be very interesting if a short essay appeared every year in one of our botanical journals, which showed us exactly which special events in the botanical world, journeys etc., happened jus...
                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-10-14.
                        14/10/69 ¶ ¶ Would it be possible, dear Dr Hooker, that I could be obliged with a box ful of roots of Veratrum viride? Perhaps Prof Asa Gray would help in the matter. ¶ This plant in its marvellous ...
                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to John MacPherson, 1869-10-25.
                          ¶ [asking to be paid the £150 ¶ ¶ expended by him on forwarding the Victorian Dromedaries ¶ ¶ to ¶ ¶ Queensland] ¶ Reimbursement had previously been requested in M to J. McCulloch,15 August 1868,M...
                          • Joseph Henry to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-10-25.
                            Smithsonian Institution ¶ Washington Oct. 25 1869 ¶ Dear Sir: ¶ ¶ We have for several years been desirous of finding some Institution or individual in Australia willing to receive the packages of Smi...
                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to James McKean, 1869-11-??.
                              Melbourne Botanical Gardens, ¶ November, ¶ 1869. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ Since several years I have urged in my writings, and by other means, the necessity for the formation of a phytologic collection to serve i...
                              • Lewis Bernays to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-11-??.
                                [ ¶ Brisbane, ¶ July 5 ¶ : ¶ Phajus Bernaysii ¶ . — In your issue of March 15 last I observe a notice of the Phajus which I was fortunate enough to discover, but your information as to its sponsor b...
                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Prospero Ramel, 1869-11-??.
                                  [M. Ramel announces that the presence of salmon is now assured in Tasmania, according to a letter that he has just received from Mr F. Von Mueller and from the articles published in the Melbourne news...
                                  • James McKean to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-11-01.
                                    Office of Lands & Survey ¶ Melbourne, 1st Nov. ¶ ¶ 1869 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I beg to inform you that I have instructed Mr. Ferguson ¶ William Ferguson. ¶ ¶ to call upon you for the purpose of inspecting the...
                                    • W. Lockhart Morton to the Editor of the Argus, 1869-11-04.
                                      Sir,— ¶ ¶ In reading the report of what took place in the Assembly lately in relation to Dr. Mueller and the Botanical gardens, I felt surprise that a man who has done so much for Victoria should be ...
                                      • Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-11-05.
                                        Nov 5 /69 ¶ Dear Mueller ¶ ¶ The cases ex Norfolk have this moment arrived. ¶ In gt ¶ haste ¶ ¶ Yrs...
                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1869-11-06.
                                          ¶ No more Eucalyptus Globulus seeds have been procured, but about 20lb of it has just arrived from Tasmania and can be secured at 18/ each, if the hon. the Chief Secretary should desire it. ¶ Ferd. v...
                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-11-06.
                                            6/11/69 ¶ ¶ I feel very grateful to you, dear Dr Hooker, for your attentive kindness in causing the Bambusaceae and Bromeliaceae to be forwarded by the Essex. ¶ They will be a great boon. It is all ...
                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to John Forrest, 1869-11-08.
                                              Botanic Garden, Melbourne, ¶ 8th November, 1869. ¶ Dear Sir, — ¶ ¶ It is very pleasing to me, that you gallantly acquiesce in the proposition to take the field of exploration again. ¶ See M to J.Roe,...
                                              • W. Lockhart Morton to the Editor of the Argus, 1869-11-09.
                                                Sir,— ¶ ¶ It has been represented to me that the public are ignorant of the circumstances referred to in my letter of Friday last, ¶ respecting the treatment of Dr. Von Mueller. The fact is, that th...
                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Lockhart Morton, 1869-11-10.
                                                  ¶ [Sir,- Having received a note from Dr. ¶ von ¶ ¶ Mueller ¶ , expressing regret that I should have written the letter which you published to-day, ¶ although it was accompanied with the verbal me...
                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Byrne, 1869-11-15.
                                                    Melbourne Botan. Garden ¶ YEAR 1868 ¶ Ferd von Mueller ¶ Gov Botanist & Director ¶ of the Bot Garden...
                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Goyder, 1869-11-15.
                                                      15/11/69 ¶ ¶ I congratulate you, dear Mr Goyder, on your safe return from Arnhem's Land and on the successful completion of your surveys there. Pray be so kind to arrange that a full set of the plant...
                                                      • Edward Symonds to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-11-15.
                                                        Treasury, Melbourne, ¶ 15th November, 1869 ¶ No. 6394 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I am directed by the Honorable the Treasurer to forward to you the accompanying form, ¶ on which to render certain information which ...
                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Richard Schomburgk, 1869-11-15.
                                                          Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 15/11/69 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to request, that a set of the plants, which may have arrived by the Gulnare from Arnhem's Land, ¶ That is, the third consignment of plants ...
                                                          • Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-11-24.
                                                            Nov. 24 /69 ¶ Dear Dr Mueller ¶ ¶ I have yours of 6/9/69 ¶ together with Fragmenta for which very many thanks. I very much hope that the Bauhinia & Grevillea seeds will germinate. The Todea flourish...
                                                            • George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-11-25.
                                                              25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ Novr 25 /69 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I had intended writing to you by the last mail but I was at the time laid up by an attack of sciatica which quite put a stop to my usual occupat...
                                                              • the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-11-27.
                                                                ¶ [recommendation for Mr Maurice Bedel]...
                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Lewis Bernays, 1869-11-28.
                                                                  November 28, 1869 ¶ ¶ Today I have spent a part of my leisure in examining your yellow-flowered phajus. The flower sent left me in doubt about some part of its labellum; nevertheless, I have very lit...
                                                                  • Prospero Ramel to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-11-29.
                                                                    16 Rue d'Armailee ¶ Paris 29 Nov. 1869 ¶ My very Doctor Ferdd von Müeller ¶ ¶ I have just deposited to the Marseilles Railway two small packages care of M M Gower & Co.. One contains the specimen for...
                                                                    • William Odgers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-11-30.
                                                                      Chief Secretary's Office ¶ Melbourne 30th November 1869 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I am directed by the Chief Secretary to forward herewith copies of Part 2 of Captn. Beddome's work on the Flora Sylvatica of the Res...
                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Australasian, 1869-12-??.
                                                                        ¶ ["Subscriber" (Alexandra).—Dr. ¶ Von ¶ ¶ Mueller ¶ has been good enough to inform us that the plant you enclose is the so-called caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris), indigenous to south Europe, a...
                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Australasian, 1869-12-??.
                                                                          ¶ [‘S. D.’ (Hamilton)—Dr. Von Mueller has kindly given the following replies to your questions:— 1. Centaurea melitensis, L. 2. Gryngium rostratum, ¶ Car. 3. A kind of watercress; Nasturtium terrest...
                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edouard André, 1869-12-??.
                                                                            ¶ You doubtless do not know that I was the first to have the idea of sending the great Todeas to Europe. Even Kew Gardens did not possess any until at the beginning of this year I sent a specimen 7 f...
                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Australasian, 1869-12-??.
                                                                              ¶ The fragments of branches submitted to me are from the staminiferous plant of Broussonetia papyrifira, the paper mulberry tree of Japan and China. This tree is far less valued for its fruits, which...
                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 1869-12-??.
                                                                                ¶ The fungus which causes here (in Australia) the terrible ROOT BLIGHT IN CEREALS (Take-all of the colonists) seems a new species of Xenodochus (X. Cerealium) allied to X. ligniperda, which destroys ...
                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Australasian, 1869-12-??.
                                                                                  ¶ Mr. Watts, the gentleman who exhibited perfumes at the Intercolonial Exhibition in great variety from native­ flowers, would give full practical Information, on this subject. The distillation may b...
                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1869-12-03.
                                                                                    Melbourne botan Garden ¶ 3/12/69. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge with best thanks the receipt of 2 copies of Fascicle II of the Flora sylvatica of India, ¶ which the hon. the Chief Secret...
                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-12-04.
                                                                                      4/12/69 ¶ ¶ I am very much pleased, dear Dr Hooker, that the ponderous Todea reached Kew in safety and was so welcome to you. ¶ It is certainly an attractive feature in any fern-collection & a singu...
                                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1869-12-04.
                                                                                        4/12/69 ¶ ¶ I was pleased, dear Mr Bentham, to hear of you again by last mail; ¶ and I am glad to learn, that you continue in good health, & progress so much with the flora. Of the supposed Garuga f...
                                                                                        • 'Pruning Knife' to Editor of the Weekly times, 1869-12-04.
                                                                                          THE BOTANICAL GARDENS. ¶ TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY TIMES. ¶ Sir ¶ ,—Your correspondent, "An Old Gardener," has told many home truths in his article of last week on the Botanical Gardens, and there a...
                                                                                          • Alexander Skene to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-12-07.
                                                                                            Office of Lands and Survey, ¶ Melbourne. 7th December 1869. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ The Honorable the Commissioner of Crown Lands has instructed me to address you relative to your communication of the 5th ultimo,...
                                                                                            • Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-12-08.
                                                                                              Kew Decr 8 /69 ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ I have your's asking for ¶ Veratrum ¶ ¶ album ¶ & ¶ viride; ¶ I had already given orders for their being sent to you & we are also waiting until they shall ...
                                                                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1869-12-09.
                                                                                                Melbourne, bot Garden ¶ 9./12/69 ¶ ¶ I have the pleasure, dear Mr Barlee, to send you under the obliging care of the Commander of the "Jeannie Oswald" a case with growing plants, which all are likely...
                                                                                                • Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-12-10.
                                                                                                  Cambridge Decr 10 /69 ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ I am here holding our Examination in Nat. Science & seize the interval to tell you that your friend Dr Rees called on me 2 days ago at Kew & spent the afte...
                                                                                                  • John Lewis to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-12-10.
                                                                                                    Office of Lands and Survey. ¶ Melbourne. 10th Decr 1869 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I am directed by the Honorable the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey to refer you to the letter addressed to you by his instruc...
                                                                                                    • 'Pruning Knife' to the Editor of the Weekly Times, 1869-12-11.
                                                                                                      THE BOTANICAL GARDENS. ¶ TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY TIMES. ¶ Sir ¶ ,—In 1857 Dr. Mueller became director of the Botanical Gardens, through the influence of the late Mr. Haines. Mr. Dallachy, the form...
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