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Ferdinand von Mueller

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  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Maurice Holtze, 1885-06-02.
    2 June [...] ¶ ¶ Could you oblige me, esteemed Mr Holtze, by letting me have some fresh seeds of ¶ Monochoria cyanea ¶ , the blue-spiked water or swamp plant occurring there? I had ¶ ¶ seeds of th...
    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1885-06-08.
      8/6/85 ¶ ¶ Today you have pleased me greatly, dearest Sir, although it torments me to hear that you already think about the end of your highly beneficial career. ¶ Letter not found. ¶ ¶ Chevreul has...
      • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Editor of the Hamilton Spectator, 1885-06-23.
        S ¶ ir ¶ ,— ¶ ¶ In the issue of your valuable paper of 20th inst., just received, the plans and prospects of the expedition sent by the Geographic Society of Australasia to New Guinea, are discussed ...
        • 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 Otto Tepper, 1885-09-21.
            21/9/85 ¶ ¶ Herewith, esteemed Mr Tepper, I am sending back the orchid specimens that can be named without trouble. I am surprised that Mr Horswell does not once send leaves with all specimens. From ...
            • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Société nationale d'acclimatation de France, 1885-10-??.
              [ ¶ The meetings secretary laid upon the table on behalf of Baron von Mueller, Government Botanist at Melbourne: (1) several notes concerning Australian plants; (2) seeds of the following plants: ¶ E...
              • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Ballarat School of Mines, 1885-10-??.
                [Apologies were read by Mr Bickett from … Baron Von Mueller.]...
                • Augustus Rudder to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-11-01.
                  Lismore ¶ Richmond River ¶ 1st Nov /85. ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ Owing to my unexpected detention here I have fortunately been able to send more of the water weed you require. I am also sending you a few ...
                  • 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...
                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Graham Berry, 1886-01-14.
                      ¶ [That Chief Sec will leave memo ¶ ¶ suggesting £1000 on 1886/7 Estimates for Geographical Society] ¶ M evidently followed up his letter in person a month later. Abriefing note 'New Guinea Explorat...
                      • 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...
                        • Henry Forbes to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-04-03.
                          Port Moresby, ¶ April 3,1886. ¶ Dear Baron Von Mueller, ¶ ¶ I write to ask you to accept my best thanks for the gift of your new part on the " Notes of Papuan Plants," ¶ which reached me by the las...
                          • 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 Otto Tepper, 1886-04-26.
                              Easter Monday ¶ ¶ Yesterday a further list of names went off to you, esteemed Mr Tepper, this morning comes your letter of 21 April. ¶ I will gladly name a new South Australian plant after the Honou...
                              • 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 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 Thomas B. Moore, 1886-06-16.
                                    16/6/86 ¶ ¶ I was pleasingly surprised, dear Mr Moore, to receive your kind letter of the 12th, ¶ announcing your kind sending of plants of the two rare Hymenophyllums, and specimens of a small Eucr...
                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1886-06-30.
                                      Private ¶ 30/6/86 ¶ ¶ Permit me a question, dear Mr Tepper, but absolutely in confidence; it is this. Would you be so kind to send only ¶ your ¶ specimens of ¶ Trianthema humillima ¶ ? The reason ...
                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ludwig Radlkofer, 1886-08-05.
                                        With this post I am sending two packets that contain plants that are chosen from the list of items lacking in the Munich botanical [garden]. The continuation will follow at some stage as free time per...
                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1886-10-??.
                                          ¶ The sparseness of the specimens often makes the naming difficult and sometimes the whole of the material is sacrificed to dissection....
                                          • Edward Ramsay to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-10-02.
                                            Oct. 2nd ¶ 1886 ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ You will be pleased to hear that this afternoon I was fortunate in finding ¶ the locality ¶ of the long looked for ¶ ¶ Alg ¶ Claudia ¶ ¶ bennetteana ¶ Claud...
                                            • James Tomkins to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-12-??.
                                              [ ¶ Mr Tomkin ¶ s ¶ has se ¶ n ¶ t a sample of t ¶ h ¶ e ¶ ¶ thistle to Baron Von Mueller, who ¶ is ¶ doubtful as to it ¶ s ¶ bei ¶ ng ¶ th ¶ e ¶ Califor ¶ nian ¶ variety ¶ , ¶ but ask ¶ s ¶ fo ¶ r ¶...
                                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Odoardo Beccari, 1887-01-24.
                                                24/1/87 ¶ By this post, dear Dr Beccari, I send you portion of a leaf and of a fruiting panicle from what appears to me a new species of Livistona. This material came just to hand from the Louisades, ...
                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1887-03-??.
                                                  ¶ [At the close of the regular business the President ¶ William Stephens. ¶ ¶ drew the attention of Members to a communication received from Baron v. Mueller, in which, referring to the interesting ...
                                                  • Theodor Pentzcke to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-03-04.
                                                    High bank of Terrace, Daintree ¶ Daintree River, Qld. ¶ ¶ March 4th 87. ¶ Highly esteemed Baron! ¶ ¶ From the letters of Mr Lühmann I see that the collected plants have been paid by the Museum at Me...
                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1887-03-18.
                                                      18/3/87 ¶ ¶ The little slender weed, just sent by you, dear Doctor Ramsay, is Mollugo Cerviana; your brother ¶ The collector was probably James Ramsay;see 'occurrence remarks' in the entry for this s...
                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Friedrich Basedow, 1887-05-11.
                                                        Melbourne, 11 May 1887. ¶ ¶ Requested by you, highly esteemed Mr Basedow, during your kind visit ¶ to express my opinions on the necessity of further research explorations in Australia, I would firs...
                                                        • Joseph Maiden to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-05-13.
                                                          13th May [188]7 ¶ editorial addition. ¶ Dear Baron Mueller, ¶ ¶ I have written to the station-holders in the far north west named in the enclosed list requesting their kind offices on behalf of Mr Ba...
                                                          • Wilhelm Bäuerlen to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-05-29.
                                                            Amboyne, 29/5/1887. ¶ Most esteemed Baron, ¶ ¶ It is very pleasing to me that I am now able to send you fruit of the plant No. 535. Now whatever this plant may be, I am very much of the opinion that ...
                                                            • Wilhelm Bäuerlen to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-06-08.
                                                              Delegate, ¶ 8/6/1887. ¶ ¶ Since writing to you last time, esteemed Baron, I have been twice on Mt Tingaringy. ¶ The first time I found the ¶ Gnaphalium ¶ , enclosed in the parcel going under separa...
                                                              • Friedrich Basedow to the Australische Zeitung, 1887-06-15.
                                                                From the temple of art ¶ I went to the secluded dwelling of the scholars, to the seat of science, to our renowned compatriot Baron Dr Ferdinand von Mueller. I found my old highly regarded friend, who...
                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1887-06-26.
                                                                  26/6/87. ¶ ¶ Tomorrow, noble Friend, the large box goes aboard the English mail steamer; so it will probably arrive at your place before the winter or rather in late summer. I will just hope that ver...
                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Society of New South Wales, 1887-08-01.
                                                                    1/8/87. ¶ Gentlemen. ¶ ¶ Best thanks for sending me the two copies of the new part of your R. S. proceedings, ¶ which as usual is replet with novel records and original observations. It was with reg...
                                                                    • James Chalmers to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-08-04.
                                                                      Lee Lodge, ¶ Strangeways Terrace, W.A ¶ . ¶ North Adelaide?Chalmers, originally booked on RMSOrientto Sydney, left the vessel when it arrived in Adelaide on 3 August, and intended to remain a few days...
                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Adolf Engler, 1887-08-06.
                                                                        Melbourne 6/8/87 ¶ ¶ For a long time, noble friend, it was my intention to write to you, but because the Field Naturalists here requested a key to the system of plants of this Colony from me for thei...
                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Holland, 1887-09-20.
                                                                          Melbourne, ¶ ¶ 20 Sept. 1887. ¶ To the Right Honorable Sir Henry Holland, Bt., P.C., G.C.M.G., M.P. &c ¶ H.M's Secretary of State for the Colonies. ¶ ¶ It is to me a source of great pleasure, most ...
                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Macdonald, 1887-10-06.
                                                                            6/10/87 ¶ ¶ This morning, dear Mr Macdonald, I received the enclosed letter ¶ G. S.Fortto M, 5 October 1887. ¶ ¶ from Mr Fort. It seems to me that we should seize on the chance of having the Governo...
                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Forbes, 1887-10-26.
                                                                              Copy ¶ The copy is written in an unknown hand with some corrections by M. ¶ Melbourne. ¶ 26. Oct. 1887. ¶ ¶ In my whole career, dear Mr Forbes, I had never an occasion, to write an unfriendly letter ...
                                                                              • John Duff to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-12-??.
                                                                                ¶ [The Government, at the instance of the Shoalhaven A. and H. A. ¶ have dispatched Mr. Duff, a competent botanist, to visit the local scenes of the potato disease mentioned in our last and precedin...
                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Maurice Holtze, 1888-??-??.
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                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Woolls, 1888-01-12.
                                                                                    12/1/88 ¶ ¶ The Acacia, allied to A. polybatrya, ¶ dear Dr Woolls, was first brought under my notice by Mr F. M. Bailey and so I named it at once after him informing him to that effect. I placed it ...
                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1888-01-23.
                                                                                      23/1/88 ¶ ¶ You will have been surprised, esteemed Mr Tepper, that I have not yet previously acknowledged the receipt of your fine paper. ¶ However, I have been overloaded so much with official duti...
                                                                                      • Samuel Davenport to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1888-02-12.
                                                                                        Adelaide — 12 Feb /88 ¶ My dear Baron, ¶ ¶ Do not think me negligent in not having replied to your letter conveying for your Geographical Society their with your sympathy at the Illness of Sir Thomas...
                                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Lawes, 1888-03-19.
                                                                                          copy ¶ Melbourne 19/3/88. ¶ To the Rev. W. G. Lawes, F.R.G.S., ¶ Representative of the R.G.S.A. ¶ for New Guinea &c. ¶ ¶ It was the intention of the geographic Council of Victoria, reverend Sir, to ...
                                                                                          • Theodore Bevan to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1888-05-11.
                                                                                            Geographical Society of ¶ AUSTRALASIA. ¶ INSTITUTED 1883 ¶ NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH. ¶ Sydney ¶ 11 May ¶ 188 ¶ 8...
                                                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1888-05-23.
                                                                                              23/5/88. ¶ ¶ My principal reason for writing this time, dear Prof Dyer, is to say, that Mr Frogatt, ¶ i.e. WalterFroggatt. ¶ ¶ who was Entomologist to Capt Everill's New Guinea Expedition, and who h...
                                                                                              • W. Schwarz to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1888-05-30.
                                                                                                Hermannsberg ¶ NT, as are all places mentioned. ¶ ¶ 30/5 1888. ¶ Dear Baron ¶ ¶ Firstly accept my sincerest greetings and thanks as reply to your kind letter of New Year's Eve 1887, ¶ Letter not fou...
                                                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1888-06-02.
                                                                                                  2/6/88 ¶ ¶ Next week, noble Friend, the box with insects goes off to Messrs Watson & Scull for you. I have succeeded in obtaining a ¶ ¶ Leipoa ¶ ¶ ♂ ¶ , adult, ¶ Mound-building bird, commonly calle...
                                                                                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to Maurice Holtze, 1888-11-??.
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                                                                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1888-11-17.
                                                                                                      17/11/88 ¶ ¶ Should you, esteemed Mr Tepper, also have submitted specimens of ¶ Pomatotheca ¶ to Professor Tate, I should like to ask you particularly to tell him that your material in part consist...
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