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Charles Stuart to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1850-04-10.
Woodhall ¶ 10th April 1850 ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ I have much pleasure in informing you that I have today forwarded you a box of specimens according to my promise in last letter, which hope will arrive ...
Wilhelm Sonder to George Bentham, 1852-12-29.
Hamburg 29 December 1852 ¶ Most worthy Sir! ¶ ¶ I read in ¶ Hooker's London Journal ¶ that you intend to distribute plant collections from the Port Natal region for Mr Plant. ¶ Because, as you kno...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ronald Gunn, 1853-08-12.
Melbourne, Collin street N. 70 East ¶ 12 Aug. 1853. ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ Being desirous to examine, before I commence a new journey again, the new compositae & Umbelliferae yet, which I brought home, I...
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 Asa Gray, 1854-06-06.
Botanic Garden Melbourne, ¶ 6. June 1854. ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ Dr. Graham called on me some while ago to receive the specific names to some specimens of plants, which he gathered about the Ballarat gol...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1854-07-26.
Melbourne bot Gardens, 26 July 54 ¶ Sir William, ¶ ¶ I take an early opportunity to write to you again by the overland mail, to repeat my warmest thanks for your kind letters as well as for the unmer...
George Francis to William Hooker, 1855-05-26.
Old Botanic Garden, ¶ Adelaide, ¶ South Australia ¶ May 26th, 1855. ¶ Sir,...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-07-22.
On board the ¶ Monarch ¶ , off Moreton Bay, 22 July 1855 ¶ ¶ In a former letter ¶ addressed to you, I had only time to inform you that I was on leave of absence for eighteen months, without support...
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 William Hooker, 1857-03-06.
Sydney bot. gardens 6. March 57. ¶ My dear Sir William, ¶ ¶ Since the last weeks engaged in putting the botanical specimens into order, which were obtained during the latter part of the North Austral...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-03-13.
Sydney 13. March 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William, ¶ ¶ Having forwarded to you 30 letterpages ¶ by the "European" I intend principly to introduce through these lines to you my friend Dr Elsey, who has bee...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-06-11.
Melbourne, bot. garden, 11. June 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ Only yesterday I had the pleasure of recieving your kind letters dated Febr. 2. and Jan 4. 1856, both having missed us when forwarded b...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Asa Gray, 1858-03-08.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 8. March 1858. ¶ My dear Prof Asa Gray. ¶ ¶ I beg to acquaint you by these lines, that I forwarded this day a box with specimens & seed divided into 10 collections by the famou...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Asa Gray, 1858-10-18.
Melbourne bot. & zool Garden, ¶ 18 oct 58. ¶ My dear Prof. Asa Gray ¶ ¶ I beg to express my gratitude for your generosity of sending me so many valuable and highly interesting publications, doubly es...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1859-02-14.
Melbourne bot.& zool Garden ¶ 14 Febr 1859. ¶ My dear Dr Hooker. ¶ ¶ Having received from my Colonial bookseller lately No 7 of your much admired Tasm. Flor, ¶ I continue as on former occasions to o...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1861-08-24.
24/8/61 ¶ Dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ I beg to send you an other sheet of my flora, ¶ that of Buettneriaceae is following & nearly ready. I beg also to send a copy of my semiofficial letter forwarded last...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Examination Paper, University of Melbourne, 1862-02-??.
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREES OF M.B. AND M.D. UNDER THE SPECIAL REGULATIONS. ¶ FEBRUARY TERM, 1862. ¶ MATERIA MEDICA AND BOTANY. ¶ (EXAMINERS—RICHARD EALES, M.A. AND M.B., AND FERDINAND MUELLER, PH.D....
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1862-07-24.
Melbourne bot.Garden, ¶ 24 July 1862 ¶ My very dear Sir. ¶ ¶ I am in possession of your very kind letters dated ¶ ¶ , ¶ and am glad to learn, that your & Dr Hookers important work on the genera pl...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1862-12-24.
Melbourne botan. Garden ¶ 24/12/62 ¶ My dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ I was as usual delighted to receive your kind letters by last mail, replete with botanical interest. For all the information, conveyed by ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to John C. Brown, 1863-??-??.
¶ [More than one of these gentlemen has promised plants, cuttings or seeds, if they be desired, in return. Dr. Hooker, Dr. Mueller, and Dr. Smith have in this measure taken the initiative by sending ...
Wilhelm Sonder to George Bentham, 1863-09-11.
Hamburg, 11 September 1863 ¶ Most worthy Sir, ¶ ¶ In the month of July I was in possession of your box and found the plants in good condition. I thank you for the contributions that you have included...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1863-10-12.
London Octr 12 1863 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Since I last wrote I have received yours of the 22d & 24th June and 23d July, and on my return to town I found the plants you announced safely arrived — Acacias ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1863-12-12.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 12/12/63 ¶ Dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ By the Sussex I have forwarded to you 2 Cases, containing 52 fascicles of Eucalypti; the whole of my collection of that genus. I have inserted a...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1863-12-24.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W ¶ Decr 24/63 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have again made little progress and shall not get on very quick till I have done the Leguminosae for Genera Plantarum. ¶ I have settled the Gal...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1864-02-13.
13/2/64. ¶ Dear Mr Bentham ¶ ¶ The mail has just arrived, but I have as yet not your letters. Meanwhile a few notes. You have overlooked when the first volume of the Austral. flora was published, tha...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl von Martius, 1864-03-25.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 25 March 1864. ¶ Venerable Sir, ¶ ¶ Your affectionate letter of 12th of January ¶ has filled me with deep joy and emotion; with joy, because I can bask in the youthful ar...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1864-04-25.
25/4/64. ¶ My dear Bentham. ¶ ¶ Your kind letter of 25/2/64 calls for an acknowledgement. ¶ ¶ I am glad that you so rapidly push on the investigation of the Leguminosae, and feel sure we shall be i...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Julius Haast, 1864-07-06.
6 July 1864. ¶ Dear friend, ¶ ¶ This day not Mr Brooke ¶ (who did not come to Melbourne) but one of his New Zealand friends brought me the beautiful parcel of plants, which once again you contribute...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1864-08-23.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ London Augt 23/64 ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ Having been holiday making the last month in the Channel Islands with Mrs Bentham the printing of the 2d vol ¶ has not gone on quite so ...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1864-11-24.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ Nov 24/64 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have just received yours of the 24 Septr ¶ and regret much to hear that the boxes per Sussex had received damage although I know not the partic...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1864-12-24.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 24/12/64. ¶ Dear Sir. ¶ ¶ I have to reply to your letter of the 12 Oct., ¶ arrived within the last week. The receipt of the proof sheets of the second vol. of the flora Austra...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard Fenzl, 1864-12-25.
Melbourne ¶ Christmas Day, 1864. ¶ ¶ I owe you, revered friend, my deeply felt thanks for your magnanimous generosity with which you robbed yourself again of a valuable and rare work, to present it t...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1864-12-25.
Melbourne, Christmasday, 1864. ¶ ¶ I have, dear Dr Hooker, just hurriedly glanced over your Handbook on New Zealand plants ¶ . Ranunculus Traversii is decidely only a variety of R. Haastii. The name ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1865-01-??.
¶ The orders you desire to be sent are nearly ready, but I shall retain them yet for some few months, in order that their absense from here is not lengthened to an unnecessary period, the Myrtaceae, ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1865-02-24.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 24/2/65. ¶ ¶ The enclosed plant, dear Mr Bentham, is to bear Mr Edw. Wilson's name. Whether it is a true Eugenia or possibly a Barringtonia or of an other genus I have at this ...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1865-02-26.
London Febr 26 1865 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I received last night yours of the 24th Decr & by the previous mail your criticisms on my 2d vol. ¶ The enclosed bill for £5 came safe to hand. I have given the...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1865-03-26.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ March 26/65 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I write a few lines to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 9th Jany which came to hand yesterday — with some notes on Cucurbitaceae etc. Dr ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1865-04-21.
21/4/65. ¶ ¶ I presume, dear Mr Bentham, that one of my letters to you must have strayed; for I am under the impression, that I suggested Mr Will. Woolls's election into the Linnean Society. ¶ He is...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1865-04-25.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ April 25/65 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I write a few lines to say that the Great Victoria is safely arrived and although your boxes are not yet at Kew not being yet cleared they will ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1865-06-24.
24/6/65 ¶ Dear & venerable Sir William. ¶ Through the disaster, which befel the steamer Bombay possibly one set of my letters to you has been lost & certainly I shall be prevented (as the substituted ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1865-07-14.
14/7/65 ¶ ¶ Your kind letter of 25/4 dear Mr Bentham, did not arrive in time to be answered by last months mail It is my intention to send you soon all the Compositae, a very extensive, beautiful & i...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1865-07-23.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ July 23/65 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I write a few lines to say that being in town for a day or two (my vacation time has commenced) I find your letter of the 21st April and at the s...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1865-08-21.
21/8/65 ¶ ¶ Your letter of the 26 June, dear Mr Bentham, has reached me in due time. ¶ I am wondering and amazed, how you are able to carry so much work on within so short a time, even though I assu...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1865-09-22.
Melbourne bot. Garden, ¶ 22/9/65. ¶ ¶ I have, dear Mr Bentham, your kind letter of 23 july ¶ before me and am much pleased with the information it contains. It is interesting to observe that we have...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Braun, 1865-09-29.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 29 September 1865. ¶ Esteemed Professor, ¶ ¶ A compatriot, Mr S. W. Errant, ¶ offered to take a few things to you on his homeward journey to Europe, an opportunity of whi...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1865-09-29.
29/9/65 ¶ Venerable and dearest friend. ¶ ¶ I despatch to day the 27th box of dry plants to Kew. It contains rather more than ⅓ ¶ ¶ of the Compositae, which Mr Bentham desires according to his last...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1865-10-24.
bot Garden ¶ 24/10/65. ¶ Dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ The death of our adored friend Sir Will Hooker has thrown me into the deepest sadness. ¶ The venerable man evinced always such unbounded almost paternal...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Braun, 1865-10-25.
25 October 1865. ¶ ¶ I imagine, honourable Sir, that the savants of Prussia will particularly welcome news about the progress of the Ladies' expedition, searching for the fate of Leichhardt; thus I a...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1865-11-12.
12/11/65 ¶ Dear Dr Hooker. ¶ ¶ The second instalment of Compositae I now send for Benth. work pr Yorkshire, 18 fascicles, freight paid. (Box 28) ¶ ¶ The first lot of Compositae was shipped by the Ke...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1865-11-19.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ Novr 19/65 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ The Australian mail having arrived earlier than usual I have before me yours of the 22 Sept. as well as that of the 21 Augt received since I last...

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