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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Lonsdale, 1853-02-22.
May day hills, ¶ 22. Febr. 1853. ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ I have the honor to inform you for communication to his Excellency the Governor, that I arrived here with Mr Dallachi's party on the 20th inst., after a j...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Lonsdale, 1853-03-09.
Ovens-river, ¶ 9th March 1853 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I do myself the honor to inform you, for communication to his Excellency the Governor, that I reached Mount Aberdeen in the Buffalo ranges on the 25th of Febr...
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...
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 Haines, 1854-12-16.
Omeo, 16th December, 1854. ¶ Sir ¶ , ¶ ¶ I do myself the honor of laying before you, for communication to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, an account of my journey as far as this locality. ¶ ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Redmond Barry, 1855-05-16.
Botanic Gardens, ¶ Melbourne 16. May 1855. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I do myself the honor to inform you, that a gardener from our establishment has yesterday calculated the number of plants required for the library...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1859-02-05.
5. Febr. 59 ¶ Dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ I have since commencing to write to you finished the examination of Mr Babbages plants. They contain 2 new genera, 1 differing from Kochia in producing only 2 wing...
Messrs Smith & Adamson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1859-09-??.
71 COLLINS ST WEST, ¶ MELBOURNE, ¶ 185 ¶ [9] ¶ The Melbourne Botanic Gardens ¶ Bought of Smith & Adamson....
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1860-09-17.
Genoa River, 17 Sept 1860. ¶ My dear Sir William, ¶ ¶ Perhaps I may not be able to forward this letter to you by the September mail, as I am engaged in finishing the botanical exploration of Gipps La...
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 ...
Edmund Delisser to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1865-12-16.
16th Decbr 1865. ¶ Melbourne ¶ At your request I have the pleasure to forward you a short account of my late trip beyond the Great Australian Bight. ¶ ¶ The expedition which left Melbourne in Janry 1...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1868-09-10.
10/9/68 ¶ ¶ I was much pleased, dear Dr Hooker, to see among the Cuba Fungi a few of mine from Australia recorded by the Rev Mr Berkeley ¶ & so one to which he attached my name. Of this I am quite p...
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 James Grant, 1869-03-08.
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT ¶ Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 8th March, 1869. ¶ SIR, ¶ ¶ In accordance with your instructions, I have the honor of submitting a brief Report on the work carried on in the Botani...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-11-24.
Nov. 24 /69 ¶ Dear Dr Mueller ¶ ¶ I have yours of 6/9/69 ¶ together with Fragmenta for which very many thanks. I very much hope that the Bauhinia & Grevillea seeds will germinate. The Todea flourish...
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 William Guilfoyle, 1870-09-15.
15/9/70 ¶ ¶ Very gladly, dear Mr Guilfoyle, will I name the Aspidium (Nephrodium) after your worthy father, but the fragments are so crushed that I cannot work out a proper diagnosis from them, or as...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Michael Guilfoyle, 1871-05-15.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 15/5/71 ¶ ¶ Let me in first instance express my extreme gratification, dear Mr Guilfoyle, in seeing my name connected with your natural magnificent Park, a honor which I all th...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1871-08-23.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 23/[8]/[71] ¶ ¶ Since I last wrote to you, dear Mr Bentham, I had occasion to reexamine newly sent fruit of Strangea linearis and to get flowers also. ¶ The latter do not diff...
Patrick O'Shanesy to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-08-20.
Cometville ¶ August 20 1879 ¶ Dear Baron Mueller ¶ ¶ I am in receipt of your kind note and am very thankful for the name of the Eucalyptus. A specimen of the trunk of this tree was cut for me by a f...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1880-04-25.
25/4/80. ¶ ¶ In casting a glance over your & Mr Benthams admirable volume III, p. I, ¶ dear Sir Joseph, I notice a few omissions, to which you may allow me to draw attention. I had some noted in for...
Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1882-11-06.
¶ [Grass & Grev. ¶ ]...
Sidney Johnson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1883-05-20.
Meredith ¶ May 20th ¶ Dear Sir — ¶ ¶ When you can find leisure, I have sent a few more plants for you to name ¶ (1)...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1883-06-01.
1/6/83 ¶ ¶ I was greatly delighted, dear Sir Joseph, to receive by last mail the finishing part of your and Bentham's opus magnum, ¶ and beg both of you to be felicitated on the glorious conclusion ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ernst Behm, 1883-08-08.
8/8/83. ¶ ¶ It gave me great pleasure today, respected Professor, to receive the proofs of your excellent translation of the printing of my Ballarat lecture. ¶ I feel very honoured by the attention ...
Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1883-12-08.
¶ [Specimens of supposed Grevillea in Bot. Gar. & note re Macrozamia]...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh, 1886-11-15.
15/11/86 ¶ ¶ By this post I am sending you, noble Friend, two packets of algae that Mr Bracebridge Wilson recently brought together and entrusted to me to forward. Please write me a few lines when th...
Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-03-24.
¶ [Re Grevillea follicles]...
Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1887-12-14.
¶ [Returned No 73 of Grevillea and a few standard Acacias]...
William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1889-03-11.
Burwood ¶ March 11 /89 ¶ My dear Baron, ¶ ¶ Thanks for you generous gift of seeds. I will use them judiciously. ¶ ¶ I have communicated with Mr Burton. ¶ He is a very good fellow. The Editor of the...
Wilhelm Bäuerlen to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890-07-06.
Monga ¶ 6/7/90 ¶ Most esteemed Baron. ¶ ¶ Today I received the last offprint sent by you ¶ for which I sincerely thank you. A small parcel of specimens is going with this letter, the most important ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1892-01-??.
¶ The latest expeditions of Sir William Macgregor ¶ have again afforded material for augmenting our knowledge of the native vegetation of British New Guinea, not only in reference to further systema...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1892-10-25.
25/10/92 ¶ ¶ This is one of the most magnificent of all Grevilleas, dear Dr Dyer, and when I saw it in 1877 in all its glory along side Nuytsia- ¶ trees ¶ , it demonstrated forcibly to me the petalar...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1893-05-27.
Sunday. ¶ Private ¶ ¶ After the particular loyalty that you have shown me, dear Mr Tepper, it is only right for me to say to you immediately that in the last meeting of the Linnean Society of New Sou...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Herbert Williamson, 1893-10-??.
Grevillea ¶ ¶ I will examine it carefully; it seems a new species, probably very local and hitherto overlooked If new, I will name it in ¶ honor of yourself ¶ . Later in the season, I should like to...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Herbert Williamson, 1893-10-??.
Grevillea ¶ ¶ I cannot identify this with any known Victorian species, but it may only be a variety of one from N. S. Wales. It seems to have hitherto escaped notice here. Have you more specimens to ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Herbert Williamson, 1893-12-19.
19/12/93 ¶ ¶ The fungus, N 18 just received, dear Mr. Williamson is the nutritive excrescence of the Polyporus mylittae, but this white hard mushroom is rarely developed from the nutritive mass. The ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Herbert Williamson, 1893-12-31.
New years Eve/ 1893-94. ¶ ¶ Am not sure, dear Mr. Williamson, whether I thanked you already for the four beautiful photograms. ¶ The 'waterfalls' remind me forcibly of what I saw in 1853, when there...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1894-03-??.
¶ It seems not unlikely that the wonderfully interesting and remarkably beautiful Nuytsia floribunda could be brought into cultivation from suckers, which, when packed in their natural soil, would pr...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Herbert Williamson, 1894-05-14.
14/5/94 ¶ ¶ Your specimen of the yellow flowered Composite ¶ Crepis ¶ is mislaid, dear Mr Williamson, so that when I wanted to place it before the Field-Naturalists Club this day, I could not find ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Herbert Williamson, 1894-09-20.
20/9/94 ¶ ¶ Indeed, dear Mr Williamson, I shall be glad, if you will put for me flowering and fruiting specimens of Leeuwenhoekia ¶ Sonderi into strong spirits, as I like to examine closely its stru...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Herbert Williamson, 1894-11-27.
27/11/94. ¶ ¶ Your N 2, dear Mr. Williamson, is Callitriche verna, Linné. Best thanks for Polypompholyx tenella and Leeuvenhoekia ¶ Sonderi. ¶ If the Polypompholyx can be readily obtained I should ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Morris, 1896-??-??.
¶ Professor Robert K. Greville of Edinburgh was born on the 14th Dec., 1794, he was therefore only just fourteen years old when the genus ¶ Grevillea ¶ was established....