• Home
  • Search
  • Notices
    • Indigenous Cultural Knowledge
    • Copyright
  • About
    • Using this site
    • Editorial practice
    • Notes on life and work
    • Permissions
    • Project history
    • Scope
    • Technology
    • Contact us
  • Apparatus
    • Biographical register
    • Editors' citations
    • Honours, awards, and memberships
    • Mueller's publications
Advanced search
RBGV logo

The correspondence of

Ferdinand von Mueller

Search

Date

Original language

Correspondents

Author

Recipient

Taxon name

Results 1 to 37 of 37
  • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Editor of the Argus, 1852-12-??.
    While the indigenous vegetation of this country, so far as I can judge during a brief stay, displays a number of peculiar forms, especially in the higher hills, it also presents a great analogy with t...
    • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1856-06-18.
      Main Camp on the Victoria River, ¶ 18 June 1856 ¶ Sir William, ¶ ¶ Prepared to leave in Mr Gregory's party this camp again within a few days, I am anxious to avail myself of the only opportunity, whi...
      • Ferdinand von Mueller to [Augustus Gregory], 1857-03-05.
        ¶ List of the plants to be forwarded to England under the care of J. R. Elsey, Esq., being part of the collection of the North Australian Expedition. ¶ Dilleniaceae. ¶ Hibbertia lepidota, R. Br. ¶ ob...
        • 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, 1857-06-21.
            Botanic Garden Melbourne ¶ 21. June. 1857 ¶ (private) ¶ My dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ With the Governments Despatch bag I had the honor of forwarding to you with this (the "European's" mail) two letters, ...
            • 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...
              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard Fenzl, 1864-11-21.
                Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 21 November 1864. ¶ My noble friend, ¶ ¶ The main purpose of today's letter is to inform you, that I dispatched to you a case with transverse sections of tree trunks this ...
                • 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 George Bentham, 1866-06-26.
                    26/6/66 ¶ ¶ I have enclosed, dear Mr Bentham, in the letter for Dr Hooker ¶ ripe fruit (berries) of Abrophyllum. The ¶ enormous ¶ extrawork of the season kept me strictly to the work of my Directo...
                    • George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1866-09-25.
                      25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ Sept 25 1866 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have now returned to my work which I have commenced this morning at Kew I there found yours of the 26th June which I proceed to answer. ¶ ¶ ...
                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation, Paris, 1867-05-??.
                        [Mr. Ferd. Mueller announces the sending of a packet of seeds the acclimatization of which seems to him useful in Europe: there are, in particular, seeds of the ¶ Eucalyptus stuartiana ¶ and ¶ amyg...
                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 1868-11-??.
                          [We owe to the kindness of our valued correspondent, Dr. Ferdinand von Muller, the following list of trees and shrubs on which Loranthus pendulus and L. celastroides have been observed growing, in the...
                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1870-01-??.
                            January 1870. ¶ List of woods in the case sent per ¶ Lincolnshire ¶ ....
                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduardo Olivera, 1873-09-14.
                              Melbourne, 14 September 1873 ¶ Honorable Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the pleasure of acknowledging receipt of your esteemed letter in which you convey to me the high distinction that the Sociedad Rural Argentina...
                              • Ferdinand von Mueller to Luigi Torelli, 1876-12-28.
                                Melbourne 28 December 1876 ¶ Dear Count, ¶ ¶ Your communication ¶ greatly honours me, and likewise the confidence you show in me by consulting me regarding the plantings of Eucalyptus that ought to ...
                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard Regel, 1877-05-??.
                                  ¶ [Eucalyptus rostrata. Baron F. v. Müller writes to us from Melbourne that this species tolerates greater cold than E. globulus and likewise more humid heat; therefore he has recommended this specie...
                                  • Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1877-06-27.
                                    Melbourne 27 June 1877 ¶ W. H. Odgers Esqr ¶ Undersecretary. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ In compliance with the request of the hon. the Chief Secretary, ¶ I have the honor to transmit herewith four ounces of fresh se...
                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1878-10-11.
                                      Melbourne: ¶ Oct ¶ . 11 ¶ I have already written to you from the Murrumbidgee River about the extraordinary frequency of two of the dwarf salt-bushes from the Murrumbidgee to the Lachlan River, and ...
                                      • Charles Fawcett to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-04-29.
                                        Ballina. ¶ 29/4/79. ¶ My dear Baron, ¶ ¶ I have just received your letter respecting Eucalipti. ¶ I shall be happy to do my best, but do not see my way as to the seedlings — I am terribly at sea as...
                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to Vincenzo Cesati, 1879-08-22.
                                          In 1829, Friedrich Dehnhardt published in Naples ¶ Catalogus plantarum Horti Camaldulensis ¶ , of which appeared in 1832, also in Naples, an augmented edition. In that list a Eucalyptus was described...
                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1880-01-08.
                                            8/1/80 ¶ ¶ Best thanks, dear fellow countryman, for your kind felicitation for the New Year, which I very warmly reciprocate. May the New Year and the whole new decennium also be one of blessing and ...
                                            • William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-06-06.
                                              Richmond ¶ June 6/81 ¶ My dear Baron, ¶ ¶ I sent you last week Miss Scott's ¶ drawing of the ¶ Dampiera ¶ (which is certainly indigenous near Sydney), & also a copy of the remaining portion of my ...
                                              • Hermann Kempe to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-07-09.
                                                Hermannsburg, ¶ 9 July 1881. ¶ Highly esteemed Baron, ¶ ¶ With the last mail I received a parcel of fig cuttings from you, for which I thank you sincerely. I hope that this year we shall have better...
                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1881-11-07.
                                                  7/11/81. ¶ ¶ I ¶ gladly ¶ fall in with your views, dear Prof. Tate, that the Quinetia is really indigenous there. I thought Golden-grove was near Holdfast-Bay. ¶ Mr Tepper seems to have found Cala...
                                                  • Otto Tepper to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1882-01-??.
                                                    [The circumspect Mr. Tepper alludes moreover ¶ Referring to Tepper (1884). ¶ to a larger kind of "lerp" to be found on ¶ Eucalyptus gracilis ¶ , E. uncinata and E. Leucoxylon; and in a letter, dated...
                                                    • Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1882-01-06.
                                                      ¶ [(introduced)] ¶ ¶ [(introduced)] ¶ ¶ [absolutely defective] ¶ [This species has accidentally been overlooked, both in the ¶ Fl. Austral ¶ for your Colony, and in Prof Tate's list. I collected ...
                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Wilson, 1883-01-29.
                                                        Melbourne, ¶ 29 Jan. 1883. ¶ T. R. Wilson Esqr, ¶ Undersecretary. ¶ Sir....
                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to E. Pesoli, 1883-09-06.
                                                          Melbourne ¶ 6/9/83. ¶ Mons. E. A. Pesoli, ¶ Acting Consul for France. ¶ Sir....
                                                          • Joseph Maiden to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1884-07-31.
                                                            31st July [188]4 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I beg to enclose draft for twelve pounds twelve shillings (£12.12.0) in payment of Mr Charles Walter's account for forming the woods presented by you into books. Will you ...
                                                            • Ferdinand von Mueller to B. Jönsson, 1884-12-02.
                                                              Melbourne, 2 December 1884 ¶ Respected Mr Jönsson ¶ ¶ You will kindly excuse that I have left your esteemed letter so long unanswered; already for more than a year I have been unhealthy and this has ...
                                                              • Thomas Kirk to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-06-14.
                                                                [Wellington] ¶ 14th June [188]6 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to request that you will be good enough to supply me with the undermentioned Eucalypt Seed as early a date as possible:— ¶ I have the hono...
                                                                • Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Kirk, 1886-07-13.
                                                                  Melbourne, ¶ 13 July 1886 ¶ Professor Th. Kirk, FLS, ¶ Chief Conservator of State Forests [of] New Zealand. ¶ Sir...
                                                                  • Henry Deane to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-12-16.
                                                                    ¶ This tree is called " ¶ Flooded Gum ¶ " near Queanbeyan. It is a tree with a generally smooth bark, whitish or reddish and somewhat patchy (sometimes like that of ¶ E. rostrata ¶ and perhaps for ...
                                                                    • Thomas Kirk to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-06-08.
                                                                      June 8 [188]7 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ May I again indent upon your good nature to procure for the State Forests Depart ¶ the under mentioned seeds. — ¶ ¶ 160 lbs Acacia decurrens (in 4 no. 25 lbs & 2 — 30 lbs b...
                                                                      • Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Kirk, 1887-08-02.
                                                                        2/8/87. ¶ ¶ Kindly tell me, dear Professor Kirk, what is the greatest height that any Veronica in N.Z. does attain under the most favorable circumstances and at its advanced age. ¶ ¶ I send you now ...
                                                                        • Ferdinand von Mueller to the Société Nationale d'Acclimatation de France, 1891-11-??.
                                                                          ¶ Now that wooden bricks attract attention in relation to the paving of streets, I have the honour of sending you, by this mail, seeds of ¶ Eucalyptus rostrata ¶ and ¶ Eucalyptus leucoxylon ¶ ; th...
                                                                          • Ferdinand von Mueller to Abbot Kinney, 1894-02-??.
                                                                            ¶ The two largest and best eucalyptus are ¶ E. rostrata ¶ and ¶ E. microtheca ¶ . Seeds of these, correct to name, you could in Melbourne obtain from Messrs. Law, Somner & Co., and in Paris from M...
                                                                            Results 1 to 37 of 37
                                                                            RBGV logo