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Wilhelm Sonder to Nils Andersson, 1854-01-07.
Hamburg, 7 January 1853. ¶ Esteemed friend, ¶ ¶ You have surprised me enormously with your gift, which arrived just in time for Christmas. Not only was I pleased to see the continuation of your Flora...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Asa Gray, 1860-08-25.
Melbourne bot. & zool Garden ¶ 25. Aug. 1860. ¶ My dear Prof. Asa Gray. ¶ ¶ The parcel, which the obliging Commander of the "Lucknow" took care of reached me safely & I am under great obligation to y...
Ferdinand von Mueller to [Joseph Hooker], 1866-12-31.
Newyearseve ¶ 1866-67. ¶ ¶ I send a few lines as a late salutation to the new year. The last mail has taken to you lots of Orchid tubers & this one brings the rest. Why cannot these lovely plants be ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1873-08-11.
Melbourne ¶ 11/8/73 ¶ Private ¶ ¶ The Case with the Orchideae is in the Bay here, dear Mr Bentham, but I shall only be able by next mail to acquaint you with the state of its contents, doubtless unin...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1874-01-01.
Melbourne ¶ Newyears day 1874 ¶ ¶ Though late in arriving let my new years salutation, dear Mr Bentham, be offered to you with all sincerity. May the year be to you one of health & happiness. The Hae...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Filippo Parlatore, 1874-02-24.
Mount Emu ¶ 24/2/74 ¶ ¶ It was with feelings of extreme gladness, dear Commandeur Parlatore, that I learnt from your letter of the 1 Dec. 1873, ¶ how highly you and your distinguished Exhibition Col...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1874-07-14.
Melbourne ¶ 14/7/74 ¶ ¶ I have sent by this post, dear Mr Bentham, the duplicate bill of loading concerning the consignment by " ¶ Northumberland ¶ " to Dr Hooker. It contained all Liliaceae & some a...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1874-09-04.
Melbourne ¶ 4/9/74. ¶ ¶ The case per "Agamemnon" has gone to you, dear Mr Bentham, this week. Let me trust, that it will as safely reach you and as unimpaired be returned on the back passage, as the ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1874-10-05.
Melbourne ¶ 5/10/74 ¶ ¶ Be so kind, dear Mr Bentham, to let me know, whether the large case with Liliaceae, &c sent some months ago, has safely arrived. ¶ Meanwhile the Junceae &c, also in a large c...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1874-11-02.
Melbourne, 2/11/74. ¶ ¶ Since last I wrote to you, dear Mr Bentham, I have visited Mount Oberon on Wilson's promontory, ¶ which large granitic mount I saw but could not reach in 1853. Against my exp...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1875-02-23.
Melbourne ¶ 23/2/75. ¶ ¶ I am glad to learn from you by last mail, dear Mr Bentham, that the case with Junceae, Restiaceae &c safely arrived. ¶ There is of course always great risk in trusting such ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Decaisne, 1875-09-06.
Melbourne ¶ 6/9/75. ¶ ¶ By the Ship Essex, most esteemed friend, I have forwarded to my London Agents (Mess. Blackith & Co.) Cox's Quay, Lower Thames Street) about 450 Museum plants for you. The coll...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-07-??.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have now almost finished the apocarpous and corolline orders and Junceae and am having a second box packed up to return to you — it will probably be sent of...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1876-07-10.
10/7/76 ¶ ¶ Herewith, dear Mr Ramsay, ¶ fresh ¶ seeds of the best Cinchona, the red one, so rich in Quinin. The plant ought to become important for your sheltered fernglens. ¶ ¶ Did you or your br...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1876-09-04.
4/9/76 ¶ ¶ I have forwarded to you, dear Mr Bentham, or rather to Dr Hooker, by the ship "Agamemnon" two large Cases with Cyperaceae 10 weeks weeks ago. Altho' it seems inadvisable to send consignmen...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-09-20.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ Sept 20 1876 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ The Composite which has invaded Australia and of which you sent a specimen in your last letter is Inula graveolens a common weed in a ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1876-09-26.
26/9/76. ¶ ¶ The Gramineae, dear Mr Bentham, will go to you by the ¶ Lord Warden ¶ , which Ship will very soon leave our Port. They will be two large boxes. I got the box with Liliaceae safely back....
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-10-18.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ Oct 18th 1876 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I write a few lines chiefly to beg you if not done already kindly to send off the Gramineae and Ferns as soon as possible ¶ I begin ...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-11-15.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ Novr 15 1876 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I write a few lines to say that the Agamemnon has been in about a fortnight. ¶ There has I believe been some delay in unloading her a...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1876-11-28.
28/11/76 ¶ ¶ The Gramineae are gone since some time, dear Mr Bentham, by the "Shannon", and the Filices shall soon follow. By all means let General Munro have a full set or any duplicates of my Grami...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-01-10.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ Jany 10 /77 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have to thank you for your note and am glad to hear that the Gramineae are on their way. The Shannon is due I believe in the course o...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1877-01-18.
18/1/77. ¶ ¶ I have made arrangements, dear Mr Bentham, for the early transmission of the filices, two large boxes. So there will be no delay on my part, as you must be fully occupied til they arrive...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-04-30.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ April 30 /77 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ A box is packed up at Kew to be sent off today or tomorrow containing your Palms from Wendland your miscellaneous monocotyledons and t...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1877-05-31.
31/5/77. ¶ ¶ I admire the vigor & unceasing steadiness of your researches, dear Mr Bentham; but then you are in happy independence and there is nothing to withdraw your attention from your glorious c...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-06-27.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ June 27 /77 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I send by this post four sheets of the new vol. of Flora Australiensis ¶ the printing goes on but slowly though the copy is all in the...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1877-07-07.
7/7/77. ¶ ¶ I am glad to learn from your last letter, ¶ dear Mr Bentham, that the 7th vol ¶ is progressing so rapidly. So after all you adopt Drude's multitudinous genera for the palms. ¶ ¶ After...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1877-08-22.
22/8/77. ¶ ¶ I was pleased, dear Mr Bentham, to get the commencing sheets of vol VII ¶ and admire the vigorous continuation of the work as a sound foundation for all future observations, if indeed p...
Ferdinand von Mueller to John Buchanan, 1878-03-18.
18/3/78. ¶ ¶ I thank you, dear Mr Buchanan, ¶ for sending me the small-leaved Veronica which in many respects is very interesting. Your Dichelachnes I will carefully examine, when I get my extensive...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Munro, 1879-03-20.
20/3/79 ¶ ¶ Allow me, dear General Munro, to consult you as the great investigator of Gramineae, in reference to the Australian species of Phragmites. Mr Bentham has admitted in the flora Australiens...
Ferdinand von Mueller to James Hector, 1880-04-09.
9/4/80 ¶ ¶ I thank you, dear Dr Hector, for your goodness of sending me Mr Buchanans comprehensive work on the N.Z. Grasses. ¶ It seems quite exhaustive and will be of importance for all times, part...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-11-09.
Nov. 9 /81. ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ I am delighted to tell you that Prof Caruel is misinformed about Mr Bentham, who is alive & as well & active as ever — His memory as clear & mind as judicious. ¶ ¶ He...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1882-02-14.
14/2/82. ¶ ¶ I am much beholden to you, dear Mr Bentham, for sending me a copy of your important publication on Gramineae. ¶ It is a marvellous piece of work to contemplate, especially when it is co...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1882-12-06.
6/12/82. ¶ ¶ Your letter of 29. Nov ¶ just reached me, dear Professor, and I feel sure, that your journey will have given many interesting results as well botanical as geological. ¶ ¶ In revising t...
Federico Philippi to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-??-??.
[…] My journey was very interesting and in spite of the fact that it was always through the desert, yet I have brought back handsome results principally of plants. My companions were my second son Ott...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard Hackel, 1885-01-28.
28/1/85 ¶ ¶ Accept my best thanks, highly esteemed Professor, for your kind letter of 10 December ¶ and the information that you give me on the grasses of the ¶ Andropogon ¶ group. How splendidly ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1895-08-31.
31/8/95 ¶ ¶ For some time, dear Sir Joseph, I owe you an answer to a most kind letter of yours, and now I am reminded specially of this by the arrival of an other friendly communication of yours. The...