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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 Joseph Hooker, 1866-09-14.
14/9/66 ¶ ¶ You will have learned, dear Dr Hooker, from Mr M'Nabs remarks published at Edinburgh, ¶ how well one of my Calico-covered Cases brought to England ¶ all ¶ the plants therein sent to Pr...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl von Martius, 1866-09-26.
Melbourne Royal Botanic Garden, ¶ 26 September 1866. ¶ ¶ I hesitated, noble Sir, to approach you in the midst of the horror of the war. ¶ Your mind must have been troubled enough, having watched fro...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1869-12-31.
Newyears eve 1869. ¶ ¶ I regret very much to hear of your indisposition, dear Mr Bentham, ¶ but trust as you are so entirely your own master, that you can and will give yourself all the rest and att...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1870-01-29.
29/1/70. ¶ ¶ Since I last wrote to you, dear Dr Hooker, I had the advantage of receiving your kind sending of Water plants &c pr "George Thompson". ¶ All ¶ the Nepenthes & Sarracenias died! Can not...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1870-01-29.
29/1/70 ¶ ¶ Since last writing to you, dear Mr Bentham, I have examined most of the Austr. Liliaceae, and thereby a good deal of new knowledge is gained. ¶ Endlichers Thysanotus micranthus belongs n...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1873-02-25.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 25/2/73 ¶ ¶ I hardly remember, dear Mr Bentham, whether I mentioned to you last mail, that Blancoa and Androstemmea constitute only sections of Conostylis. All Haemodoraceae an...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1873-03-23.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 23/3/73 ¶ ¶ By the Steamship Somersetshire, dear Dr Hooker, the 58th case with plants for Mr Bentham's work is despatched. ¶ ¶ I hope the 57th also arrived safely. It was forw...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1873-03-23.
Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 23/3/73 ¶ ¶ I got your kind letter, dear Mr Bentham, sent on the 13. jan, ¶ and admire the wonderful power of your continued working. Let me hope, that it will long remain un...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1873-04-25.
Melbourne bot Garden, ¶ 25/4/73 ¶ ¶ The rest of the Monocotyledoneae with adnate Calyx-tube, dear Mr Bentham, was despatched under date 24 March by the Steamship ¶ Somersetshire ¶ , and an other por...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1873-05-20.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 20/5/73 ¶ ¶ I have not heard of you by last mail, dear Mr Bentham, which I take as sufficient indication of no more plants being required for vol. VI. ¶ than the Orchideae. At...
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, 1873-09-05.
Melbourne ¶ 5/9/73 ¶ ¶ I am always glad to get your letters, dear Mr Bentham, and trust that I shall enjoy your writing for many years yet. Your progress with the Flora is most pleasing, and I trust ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1873-11-05.
Melbourne ¶ 5/11/73. ¶ ¶ I thought to have been able, dear Dr Hooker, to have sent you some prints by this mail, but a short essay on plants of the New Hebrides, containing 4 or 5 new species, it ¶ ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1874-02-22.
[Carngham] ¶ beyond Ballarat. ¶ 22/2/74. ¶ ¶ On my way to the unexamined mountains W. of Cape Otway, dear Mr Bentham, I write to you for this month's mail only a few lines, mainly to ask you, ¶ when...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1874-05-??.
[May 1874] ¶ ¶ You ask me, dear Dr Hooker, by last mail, whether I still hold Helmholtzia as a distinct genus. ¶ To this I must give an affirmative answer, as the matter presents itself to me in thi...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1874-05-17.
Melbourne ¶ 17/5/74 ¶ ¶ I wish merely to say, dear Mr Bentham, that at last the box with Liliaceae will be despatched by the Ship "Carlisle Castle", to sail at the end of next week. I regret the dela...
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...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-04-13.
25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ London ¶ April 13 /76 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Enclosed is the bill of lading ¶ for a box of your Liliaceae just despatched from Kew...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1876-04-14.
14/4/76. ¶ ¶ It is quite wonderful, dear Mr Bentham, to watch you working. I trust, however, that you not overstrain your nervous system. Do not distress yourself about the Liliaceae &c in your hand;...
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1876-06-10.
10/6/76. ¶ ¶ As you have done with the Liliaceae, dear Mr Bentham, ¶ I will make arrangements for the despatch of the Cyperaceae (2 large cases) at an early date. ¶ ¶ I cannot see, why the Restiace...
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....
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1876-11-28.
28/11/76. ¶ ¶ I herewith send you, dear Dr Hooker, a few freshly ripened grains of Limosella Curdieana, which might easily be raised like L. aquatica. Doubtless it could be naturalized in England; bu...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Bayley Balfour, 1879-09-18.
Private ¶ 18/9/79. ¶ ¶ In looking more closely through vol XIII part II of the transactions of the Bot. Society of Edinburgh, dear Prof. Balfour, and admiring your excellent essay on Halophila, ¶ I ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Franz Buchenau, 1880-03-01.
1/3/80 ¶ ¶ The last monthly mail, dear Prof. Buchenau, brings me your excellent list of Junceae, as a preliminary to your important monograph of the order. ¶ I say Junceae because the expression Jun...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1881-08-04.
4/8/81. ¶ ¶ As you probably now, dear Sir Joseph, are passing the sheets of the Monocotyledoneae for the generic work ¶ through the press, it may be well to mention to you, that the Nipa, which has ...
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 Otto Tepper, 1888-01-28.
28/1/88. ¶ ¶ It seems, esteemed Mr Tepper, that letters from us were underway simultaneously. I already wrote to you some days ago ¶ and then sent the letter about the Characeae back, also advised t...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1888-07-28.
28/7/88 ¶ ¶ You have made unnecessary trouble for yourself, dear Mr Tepper, in reference to a ¶ description ¶ of the ¶ Actinotus ¶ ; ¶ as they were specimens without flowers and fruits from which...