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Wilhelm Sonder to Friedrich Miquel, 1854-03-09.
Hamburg 9 March 1854 ¶ Most highly esteemed Sir! ¶ ¶ […] ¶ ¶ You have perhaps seen from the last parts of ¶ Linnaea ¶ , that I have begun to work up the plants sent to me by my friend Dr Mueller fr...
Wilhelm Sonder to Friedrich Miquel, 1854-06-07.
Hamburg 7 June 1854 ¶ Most esteemed Sir! ¶ ¶ After I was prevented for a long time through business from gathering together the Mueller plants, I have finally forwarded them with the steamship ¶ de ...
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 Joseph Hooker, 1859-11-15.
Melbourne bot. & zool ¶ Garden, 15 Nov. 59 ¶ My dear Dr Hooker. ¶ ¶ I cannot express to you how sorry I felt to hear of the long sufferings of your very venerable father, receiving only of his illnes...
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 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...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1865-06-09.
9/6/65 ¶ Dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ I have sent a box with supplemental Myrtaceae, Araliaceae, Loranthaceae, Onagreae, ¶ Rubiaceae Cucurbitaceae & a few other calyciflorous orders this day pr Sussex to y...
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, 1865-08-21.
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...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1866-01-18.
25 Wilton Place ¶ London S.W. ¶ Jany 18 1866 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Your case of Compositae arrived safe a short time since....
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1866-02-05.
5./2./66. ¶ Dear Mr Bentham. ¶ ¶ I have done a little among gnaphaloid Compositae, but the work of defining the genera anew involves much patient research extended not only to the Australian but also...
George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1866-02-18.
25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ London ¶ 18 Feby 1866 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ The "Yorkshire" by which you sent the second box of Compositae is I see reported as arrived so that I presume in a few days we shall h...
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 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 Joseph Hooker, 1866-10-25.
25/10/66 ¶ ¶ I owe you, dear Dr Hooker, my cordial gratulation to the well merited tribute, rendered to you by the two great & venerable centres of learning of Britain. ¶ These acknowledgements of t...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl von Martius, 1866-11-27.
27 November 1866. ¶ ¶ I cannot, venerated Sir, put your kind private letter, ¶ so rich in content, aside unanswered until the next mail. I would rather let my thoughts skip lightly from sentence to...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1867-08-07.
Aug 7/67 ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ The Wellesley has arrived & brought your case with the Goodeniaceae all safe — many thanks for the Xerotes basket, we have none so new and nice. ¶ ¶ Your ¶ Arran ¶ p...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Louisa Calvert, 1871-01-31.
31/1/71 ¶ ¶ Not very long ago, dear Madam, I got the select plants, which you kindly sent through our good Mr Woolls to me, and of which I now furnish the names. Several give us ¶ new localities ¶ ,...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Odoardo Beccari, 1877-12-31.
On board of the "Assam" ¶ Newyears eve 1877. ¶ When returning from a phytographic excursion to Shark-Bay and other portions of West-Australia, dear Dr Beccari, I received your kind letter of the 10th ...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-06-17.
June 17 /85 ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ I enclose herewith Mr Baker's naming of your Ferns. ¶ I do hope that your efforts to get New Guinea explored will be crowned with success, but I know from experience ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Moore, 1887-03-09.
9/3/87 ¶ Dear Mr Moore, ¶ ¶ So soon, as I learned from your letter, ¶ that the Phylloxera-Commission there desires to appoint an Inspector, ¶ I wrote to Mr M'Alpine, who is the most eligible person...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Adolf Engler, 1890-07-27.
27/7/90. ¶ ¶ I have just sent you, esteemed Professor, 367 more species of dried plants. Many you will probably already have there, but specimens from new localities may be welcome to you, and those ...
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 Ludwig Radlkofer, 1894-05-14.
14/5/94. ¶ ¶ This time I am just writing to inform you, highly esteemed Friend, that I have sent you by this week's mail a slice from the trunk of a ¶ Nuytsia ¶ tree, since the structure of the woo...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Walter Campbell, 1896-02-16.
16/2/96. ¶ ¶ Without wishing to be intrusive, dear Mr. Campbell, I like to mention that I am reminded of my promise to send to Europe fruits (not very many) of ¶ Atkinsonia ligustrina ¶ for anatomi...