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Ferdinand von Mueller to Odoardo Beccari, 1879-04-05.
5/4/79 ¶ Herewith, dear Dr Beccari, I send you the fruits of a new Areca from Trinity Bay. ¶ The species is allied to A. triandra & A. oxycarpa. I have sent the description to Dr von Regels Garten-Fl...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1884-10-23.
23/10/84. ¶ ¶ The enclosed letters, dear Sir Joseph, speak for themselves. ¶ Doubtless it would be best, if the Rev. B. Scortechini went with his botanic treasures to ¶ you ¶ . He commenced the stu...
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 Joseph Hooker, 1887-03-10.
10/3/87 ¶ ¶ The discovery of Rhododendron, Didymocarpus and Agapetes along with Dracophyllum, Spiraeanthemum, Orites Helmholtzia, Trochocarpa, Helicia, Soramia and Argophyllum on the summit of Mt Bel...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1887-09-??.
Eastern Gippsland, "the Australian Switzerland," is the home of this magnificent plant, where it attains occasionally a height of 40 feet, and being usually arborescent is unlike its compeer, T. speci...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1887-11-??.
¶ From a small collection of plants, obtained by Mr. ¶ Sayer ¶ during the expedition of Mr. ¶ Cuthbertson ¶ to Mount Obree in New Guinea, ¶ it is demonstrated that Araucaria, Agapanthus, Rhodode...
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1889-07-??.
¶ The ascent of the Owen Stanley Ranges in New Guinea to their very summit, recently accomplished by Sir ¶ William Macgregor ¶ , demonstrates the occurrence of an almost alpine vegetation between el...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Edmund Goeze, 1889-07-24.
¶ I have just ascertained that on the Arthur River ¶ ¶ Telopea truncata ¶ (magnificent Proteacea) exceptionally occurs 25’ tall with a basal trunk diameter of 1’. These are of course only half the...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1890-02-18.
18/2/90 ¶ ¶ A few hurried lines only, dear Mr Dyer, to say: ¶ ¶ 1, that the Livistona of Gipps-Land is undoubtedly L. australis. The shape of the leaves alters somewhat in age; thus you will likely ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Sereno Watson, 1890-07-07.
7/7/90. ¶ ¶ A few words, dear Prof Watson, as the monthly mail for America will be despatched to morrow. I like to follow up some remarks, formerly offered, ¶ about the advisability to distribute th...
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 ...
Elizabeth Gore to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890-07-30.
Hartfield Grove, ¶ Hartfield, ¶ Tunbridge Wells. ¶ July 30 ¶ 1890...
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...