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Charles Stuart to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1850-03-10.
Woodhall near Perth ¶ Mar 10th 1850 ¶ Dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have been for some time waiting to hear from you with much uncertainty, as I answered yours of August 10th ¶ at the latter end of September last....
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Lonsdale, 1853-05-10.
Alberton, ¶ 10th May 1853. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I do myself the honor to inform you for communication to his Excellency the Governor, that since my last report, dated Yerring 15th April, ¶ I proceeded to Gip...
William Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1853-06-15.
Royal Gardens Kew ¶ June 15 1853. ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ Having been engaged lately in printing your interesting notes ¶ on the Australian vegetation, I was most agreeably surprised, a few days ago on r...
Ferdinand von Mueller to John Foster, 1854-03-10.
Avon, 10. March 1854. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you for communication to his Excellency the Governor, that I proceeded on my botanical expedition since my last report (dated Albury 15 Jan....
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-09-03.
On board the "Monarch" 3 Sept. 1855 ¶ Sir William. ¶ ¶ In a very few days we expect to reach our destination at the Victoria River, and as our attention then will be fully required to disembark our h...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Julian Tenison Woods, 1857-09-17.
Melbourne bot Gardens ¶ 17 Sept 1857 ¶ Reverend Sir ¶ ¶ My brother in law, Dr Edw. Wehl, informs me, that you were desirous of opening a botanical correspondence with me. In anticipation of this, I b...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Julian Tenison Woods, 1857-12-04.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 4 Dec 57. ¶ Dear Sir ¶ ¶ Your paper has duely been read, as I mentioned in my last letter. ¶ ¶ N. 1. is Calycothrix scabra All. Cunningham...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1860-10-20.
Br. Consulate Jerusalem Octr 20/60 ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ The address of this will surprise you I dare say, but I have taken advantage of my 6 weeks leave ¶ to visit Syria, & have come here en route ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1862-10-22.
Melbourne botanic Garden ¶ 22/10/62 ¶ Dear & venerable Sir William. ¶ ¶ The last mail brought me again some lines from you, which I always inexpressibly above all esteem, feeling proud that you alway...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Filippo Parlatore, 1864-11-24.
Melbourne Botanic Garden ¶ 24/11/64 ¶ Dear Colleague, ¶ ¶ It gives me much pleasure to be able to tell you that at the beginning of this month I sent you a box containing 50 samples of our timbers (...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 1866-04-??.
¶ Australian Mistleto ¶ .—Of several most handsome species of Loranthus, two, namely, Loranthus celastroides and L. pendulus, are so frequent in the vicinity of Melbourne as to prove very destructive...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1868-11-06.
6/11/68 ¶ ¶ I have an other box with plants nearly ready for you, dear Mr Bentham. It contains exclusively Grevilleae, all lovely plants. I think there are not above 100 species, even with the few ad...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1868-11-19.
19/11/68. ¶ ¶ By the ¶ Norfolk ¶ , dear Dr Hooker, I sent to you for Mr Benthams use my whole collection of Grevilleae, approximately 2000 specimens. It took me many days to arrange them finally. Th...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1868-11-21.
21/11/68 ¶ ¶ This day, dear Mr Bentham, I have despatched the Grevilleas, a noble collection of about 2000 specimens, representing the ¶ most charming ¶ of all the Australian Genera. Meissner & RBr...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1868-12-05.
5/12/68. ¶ ¶ I have to answer, dear Mr Bentham, to your kind letter of the 2 Oct — I am glad to perceive you are well and again busy. I am looking forward with pleasure to the continuance of your val...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1869-01-01.
Newyearsday 1869 ¶ ¶ In presenting to you, dear Mr Bentham, late as it will come to you my newyears gratulation in all cordiality, I trust, that the year coming & those following may bring you again ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1869-02-27.
27/[2]/69. ¶ ¶ It was my intention, dear Mr Bentham, to have sent an other case of Museum-plants to you by the Essex, but so much unforeseen work intervened, that I could not g[e]t it quite ready, an...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-03-06.
Melb. bot Garden ¶ 6/3/69 ¶ ¶ By the S.S. Summersetshire, ¶ dear Dr Hooker, you will receive the 50th case with Museum-plants. It contains mainly Salsolaceae, therefore the rest of the Curvembryonat...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-03-19.
March 19/69 ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ We are putting up a case of Sarracenias for you, but I greatly fear that this early season is much against them ¶ — I will send Nepenthes in summer ¶ ¶ The followi...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1869-03-28.
28/3/69 ¶ ¶ I have seen Mr Fullagar ¶ again yesterday, dear Mr Barlee, but he cannot venture to settle in your colony, however much he might like. The income of £50- - would not even supply him with...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1869-08-13.
13/8/69 ¶ ¶ I am glad, dear Mr Bentham, that you so well proceed with the 5th vol. The arrangement you made in disposing of the species of Myoporinae seems very applicable. ¶ The views on the limits...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1869-08-29.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 29./8/69 ¶ Private. ¶ I regret very much, dear Mr Barlee, that I am finally obliged to relinquish my favorite project of visiting West Australia this autumn. It was impossible f...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-06-09.
London ¶ 25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ June 9 /70 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Enclosed is a bill of lading for the last box sent of which I presume you have received the duplicate. Another box is being packed and p...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1870-09-??.
p. ¶ ¶ Among Proteaceae I miss the genera Molloya and Strangea in the general table. ¶ The former is to me not more known that it was to Meissner, ¶ but Strangea seems in my opinion very distinct a...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1871-03-27.
27/3/71 ¶ ¶ I am very anxious, dear Mr Barlee, to enter on an anatomic examination of all the principal woods of Australia. If you have means in the Penal department to have made up for me pieces abo...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bennett, 1877-04-??.
¶ The discovery of Banksia, as demonstrated by the collection of fruit, modifies my remarks in reference to the non-Australian type of the vegetation of the Fly River. ¶ Among the fruits is a new Sl...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1881-11-05.
5/11/81 ¶ ¶ Time is very niggardly to me, dear Mr Tepper, and therefore I must be brief. I could easily have been led astray by the robust growth of the ¶ Cymodocea antarctica ¶ when I regarded it ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1881-11-12.
12/11/81 ¶ ¶ It is already after midnight, dear Mr Tepper, and I am very tired, but I'll still begin a long letter. ¶ ¶ First of all ¶ Wurmbea ¶ (or ¶ Wurmbsea ¶ ) ¶ , to which ¶ Anguillaria ¶ ...
Ferdinand Krausé to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1882-06-02.
June 2d 1882 ¶ Dear Sir — ¶ ¶ I have been so far unsuccessful in procuring any more of the sub-fossil conifer wood at Haddon, ¶ but I send by this post the only specimen of the kind which remained i...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Horticultural Society, 1889-03-??.
[ ¶ Galls on Eucalyptus ¶ . — From Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller came further specimens of the extra-ordinary horned galls, such as were formerly figured in the ¶ Gardeners' Chronicle ¶ . ¶ The fig...