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Ferdinand von Mueller

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Wilhelm Sonder to Ferdinand Krauss, 1869-05-05.
Hamburg 5 May 1869 ¶ Dear Friend, ¶ ¶ You might think that I have to expose to wonder what was in the draft sent to me in the previous month. I did not read through it the first day after receipt and...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-06-04.
4/6/69 ¶ ¶ A few days ago, dear Dr Hooker, I have sent you a large Todea. ¶ It required 2 bullock teams and slades ¶ to be dragged out of the back gullies of Mt Macedon, ¶ 40 miles from here. It i...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-07-11.
Kew July 11 /69 ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ Many thanks for yours of 19/5/69 this moment received & for the promise of the King of Todeas ¶ — what a figure it will cut at Kew! I saw 2 superb ones at St Pe...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-08-14.
14/8/69 ¶ ¶ Would you oblige me, dear Dr Hooker, to see among my normal set of Ficus Species, whether Dr Beckler describes the one from the Hastings River as ever producing ¶ many ¶ adventitious ro...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-09-06.
6/9/69 ¶ ¶ Let me express my best thanks, dear Dr Hooker, for the liberal sending of Wight's & Falconer's ¶ plants, all of great utility to me for references, whenever the occasions arise. I enclose...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-09-10.
Septr 10/69 ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ The [Patentous] and Prodigious Todea arrived yesterday in splendid condition with hundreds of young pink & white fronds pushing through the saw dust — it is a thing ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-10-14.
14/10/69 ¶ ¶ Would it be possible, dear Dr Hooker, that I could be obliged with a box ful of roots of Veratrum viride? Perhaps Prof Asa Gray would help in the matter. ¶ This plant in its marvellous ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-11-06.
6/11/69 ¶ ¶ I feel very grateful to you, dear Dr Hooker, for your attentive kindness in causing the Bambusaceae and Bromeliaceae to be forwarded by the Essex. ¶ They will be a great boon. It is all ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Edouard André, 1869-12-??.
¶ You doubtless do not know that I was the first to have the idea of sending the great Todeas to Europe. Even Kew Gardens did not possess any until at the beginning of this year I sent a specimen 7 f...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-12-04.
4/12/69 ¶ ¶ I am very much pleased, dear Dr Hooker, that the ponderous Todea reached Kew in safety and was so welcome to you. ¶ It is certainly an attractive feature in any fern-collection & a singu...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-12-08.
Kew Decr 8 /69 ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ I have your's asking for ¶ Veratrum ¶ ¶ album ¶ & ¶ viride; ¶ I had already given orders for their being sent to you & we are also waiting until they shall ...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-12-10.
Cambridge Decr 10 /69 ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ I am here holding our Examination in Nat. Science & seize the interval to tell you that your friend Dr Rees called on me 2 days ago at Kew & spent the afte...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-12-31.
New Years eve 1869. ¶ ¶ It is extremely pleasing to me, dear Dr Hooker, that the big Todea proved so attractive at Kew. ¶ Probably you will devote a plate to it in the bot. Magazine, to give all the...
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...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-03-28.
March 28/70 ¶ Dear Mueller ¶ ¶ Thanks for yours of 6/11/69 & 4/12. Thozet asks me to send you ¶ Artemisia Dracunculus ¶ of which I am trying to get seed for you ¶ ¶ I sent you a bag of Argania see...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ferdinand von Krauss, 1870-04-23.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 23 April 1870. ¶ ¶ It has been been my intention for some time, noble Sir and friend, to reply to your last kind letter. ¶ However, many new obligations in my large depar...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1870-06-20.
20/6/70 ¶ ¶ The Argania seeds, dear Dr Hooker, did not arrive. ¶ I raised one tree of Argania Sideroxylon 16 years ago, ¶ but the growth in our clime and in our locality is so slow, that the tree i...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1870-08-10.
10/8/70 ¶ ¶ I just received the copy of your excellent students flora, dear Dr Hooker. ¶ I like the ¶ plan ¶ of the work much. It comes very much in detail near Kochs Taschenbuch der deutsche Flor...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1870-08-11.
Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 11/8/70. ¶ ¶ On several occasions, dear Dr Hooker, I ¶ raised ¶ Nuytsia seeds, and I believe the seeds of Loranthi with their viscid protection will stand a few months voyag...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1870-09-06.
Bot Garden, 6/9/70 ¶ ¶ I thank you much, dear Dr Hooker, for sending me your new report, ¶ which shows that your huge establishment is assuming still greater dimensions from year to year. The income...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1871-01-??.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ jan. 1871 ¶ ¶ I have sent you, dear Dr Hooker, by the "Hydaspes" ¶ 2 cases with Australian plants in a growing state; and by the "Geo. Thomson" another small case (calico-cove...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1871-03-21.
Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 21/3/71 ¶ ¶ I hope, dear Dr Hooker, you received the giant specimen of the Todea by the Norfolk all right. I did not charge you more than ten pounds, simply because that was th...
John Booth to Joseph Hooker, 1871-06-26.
Flottbeck ¶ 26th June 1871 ¶ Private ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ I received your kind letter and was delighted to hear that you had safely returned. Your reports have been red with the greatest interest & I ...
John Booth to Joseph Hooker, 1871-07-03.
James Booth & Söhne ¶ Flottbecker Raumschulen ¶ bei Habburg ¶ 3d July 1871 ¶ My dear Sir, ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1871-08-29.
Melbourne bot Garden, ¶ 29/8/71 ¶ ¶ The "Great Britain" dear Dr Hooker, proceeds to day and may arrive before the next English Mail. Yesterday I got your letter concerning the huge Todea; ¶ the plan...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1871-09-06.
Melbourne ¶ bot Garden ¶ 6/9/71 ¶ ¶ I was quite amused, dear Dr Hooker, when I read, that you evinced any anxiety at all regarding the transfer of the great Todea to Flottbeck ¶ and thence to Berlin...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1871-09-08.
8/9/71 ¶ ¶ If it pleased Mr Booth, I will send him ¶ several Todeas ¶ this summer (Dec-Febr), dear Dr Hooker, for which he could send me a few things back. I will pay the expenses here, if this exc...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1871-12-01.
Decr 1 /71 ¶ Dear Mueller ¶ ¶ Let me congratulate you heartily on your release from the worries and anxieties of your anomalous position, ¶ & next on the accession of your dignities which though not...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh, 1872-02-15.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 15 February 1872. ¶ ¶ Today, noble friend, and just as the mail is leaving, the news arrived here that the graciousness of your august King has admitted me into the Order ...
John Booth to Joseph Hooker, 1872-03-15.
Flottbeck ¶ 15th March 1872 ¶ Dear Sir, ¶ ¶ … ¶ ¶ In the meantime the 'Baron' honoured me with a very nice letter ¶ (half german & half English) delighted that I am in the possession of the Todea...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Jacob Agardh, 1872-03-26.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 26 March 1872. ¶ ¶ It is my pleasant duty, noble friend, to acknowledge the receipt of your kind letter of 26 December. ¶ Already in the last mail I expressed my immense ...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-04-??.
¶ […] ¶ as you suggest & of course look out for the grand fellow you have given us. He says that when the Sun shines on his Todea it emits a putrid odor — I find nothing of the sort. ¶ Mine is in a...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1872-06-17.
Melbourne ¶ bot Garden ¶ 17/6/72 ¶ It would be of great importance to me, dear Dr Hooker, if I had a few lines from your authority, whether it is advisable to break up a ¶ botanic ¶ Garden, supporte...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-06-22.
June 22 /72. ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ I have several letters to thank you for, which I shall now proceed to discuss. ¶ ¶ I have already informed you of the safe arrival of the noble Tree Ferns & of our h...
Jacob Agardh to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-07-??.
[1872. ¶ Most honoured Baron, ¶ ¶ I must not delay any longer to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of 25 January, 15 February, ¶ and 26 March, ¶ as well as of the various shipping transmissio...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1872-08-01.
Melbourne ¶ bot Garden ¶ 1/8/72. ¶ ¶ The same ship, dear Dr Hooker, which brings you this letter, brings nine Cycas stems from North Queensland, the first which ever reached Europe. I was long anxiou...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1872-11-04.
Melbourne ¶ bot Garden, ¶ 4/11/72 ¶ I deeply sympathize with you, dear Dr Hooker, in your undeserved anxieties. The spirit of persecution against those, who have served their country well, will remain...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1872-11-20.
Kew Novr 20 /72. ¶ My dear V. Mueller ¶ ¶ I am again very deep in your debt part cause of which you will no doubt kindly excuse attributing it to the loss I have sustained in the death of Lady Hooker...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-??-??.
¶ As to the International Exhibition; I have not even seen it & I doubt if I shall. I have no time whatever now to attend to these matters. I believe it will be annual but I think the public interest...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-01-15.
Kew Jay 15 /73. ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ I am in receipt of your’s of 4/11/72. & much distressed to hear of your trials & vexations. It is not easy for me to indicate or even suggest a course of action ...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-05-06.
May 6/73. ¶ Dear Dr Mueller ¶ ¶ I have little time to write by this mail, being much occupied with the illness of my Brother in law the Rev. G. Henslow whose Botanical notes you may have seen in "Nat...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Vincenzo Cesati, 1873-09-08.
Melbourne ¶ 8/9/73 ¶ ¶ I was glad to learn, dear Baron Cesati, that the Todea reached you safely, ¶ and trust that under your able care it will reestablish itself fully. ¶ ¶ As you enquire about ac...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard Strasburger, 1874-06-15.
Melbourne, ¶ 15/6/74. ¶ ¶ It does not need my assurance, noble Sir, that I shall be happy to assist your important anatomical and morphological researches by supplying the raw materials from this con...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Johan Areschoug, 1874-09-06.
Melbourne, ¶ 6/9/74. ¶ ¶ I am very pleased, my very dear Professor, that the two tree-fern trunks have made new fronds under your care. This shows how attentively the plants are treated in your garde...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Asa Gray, 1875-08-07.
Melbourne 7/8/75. ¶ Private ¶ ¶ I have to acknowledge, dear Dr Gray, your kindness of sending me the new volume of the hist. of plants of Wilkes's Expedition, ¶ as well as several of your valuable p...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1880-07-20.
20/7/80 ¶ ¶ By this mail-steamer, dear Sir Joseph, I send you one ¶ living stems of Livistona australis ¶ in a close case. You will be somewhat surprised at this sending, but not so when I explain ...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1880-10-06.
Oct. 6 /80 ¶ My dear Von Mueller ¶ ¶ The Livistona has arrived & seemingly in very good order. ¶ We are having it potted & shall do our best to bring it round & shall let you know the result. ¶ ¶ V...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1881-02-03.
3/2/81 ¶ Dear Professor ¶ ¶ I have looked over your index of S.A. extratrop plants ¶ & am much gratified with it. It gives a good idea of the flora there and of the distribution of its constituents....
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Editor of the Gardeners' chronicle, 1881-06-??.
¶ Recently a huge Stump-Fern was ¶ brought away from its seclusion in the Dandenong Ranges, near Port Philip. ¶ After the removal of its hundreds of fronds, the stump-like trunk weighed 2900 pounds...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1882-04-09.
Easter ¶ 1882 ¶ Through the holidays some delay has occurred at the atelier of the Gov. Photographer, in finishing several more illustrations of Cycadeae for you, dear Mr Dyer; and altho’ I have been ...

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