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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...
William Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1856-01-04.
Royal Gardens, Kew. ¶ Jan. 4. 1856 ¶ My dear Dr Mueller. ¶ ¶ Two days ago your most welcome letter of 3d Septr, ¶ written as you were on the point of quitting the "Monarch," to undertake your arduou...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-06-11.
Melbourne, bot. garden, 11. June 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ Only yesterday I had the pleasure of recieving your kind letters dated Febr. 2. and Jan 4. 1856, both having missed us when forwarded b...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl von Martius, 1863-07-25.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 25 July 1863. ¶ Revered Privy Councillor and President, ¶ ¶ It does not require my assurance, that the receipt of your kind communication of 29th of April ¶ filled me wit...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl von Martius, 1863-08-12.
Copy ¶ Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 12 August 1863. ¶ Revered Privy Councillor and President, ¶ ¶ It does not require my assurance, that the receipt of your kind communication of 29th of April ¶ fill...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard Fenzl, 1864-01-25.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 25 January 1864. ¶ Dear Professor, ¶ ¶ How can I thank you for the multifarious demonstrations of your kindness, of which the last mail brought me another proof in the bea...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Carl von Martius, 1864-06-25.
Melbourne, Botanic Garden, ¶ 25 June 1864. ¶ ¶ It is my intention, noble Sir, to send you a number of plants for your herbarium by the ship ¶ Suffolk ¶ , sailing from here next week, through the kin...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard Fenzl, 1864-10-25.
Melbourne, Botanic Garden, ¶ 25 October 1864. ¶ Noble friend, ¶ ¶ I am sincerely pleased, that the trifles I sent you found your approval, insignificant as the gift was. ¶ It seems to me that one co...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1866-03-01.
Kew March 1/66 ¶ My dear Mueller ¶ ¶ I suppose that the Cyathea you mean is the C. Lindsayana of Synops. Fil. ¶ "Mt Lindsay W. Hill." ¶ I cannot find the specimens any where but doubtless they will...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1866-06-27.
Kew June 27/66 ¶ Dear Mueller ¶ ¶ Smith came to tell me that he omitted to send the Crocus by last mail accidentally. As they are dormant it is not of much consequence, they shall go by next. ¶ ¶ I ...
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 Frederick Barlee, 1867-02-23.
Melbourne bot Garden, ¶ 23/2/67 ¶ ¶ Allow me, honored and dear Sir, to send you some seeds of a very superior forage lentil of China, which will prove a valuable acquisition wherever it goes. Is the ...
Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-05-14.
[May 14. 1869 ¶ Acknowledges pkts of seeds of Epacrids. "Have abundance of D. antarctica. ¶ Alsophila australis. Cyathea medullaris; we want good small trunks of the other Australian Tree ferns" Have...
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 ...
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 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 Joseph Hooker, 1877-07-07.
7/7/77. ¶ A few days ago, dear Dr Hooker, the attached print appeared in the Argus. I feel sure, that by some oversight or inadvertence this communication did not go to me as Gov. Botanist, because I ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1879-12-25.
Christmas ¶ 1879. ¶ ¶ As regards the Dicksonia from the Upper Hunter-River allied to D. fibrosa, dear Sir Joseph, I will make some enquiries, but I assume, that it is a mere form of D. antarctica (pe...
Hermann Kempe to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1882-06-14.
Hermannsburg ¶ June 14. 1882 ¶ Respected Baron! ¶ ¶ I received various seeds from you with the last mail, such as maize, sorghum, sun flowers and grass seeds, for which I sincerely thank you. I fear...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1883-10-20.
20/10/83 ¶ ¶ This day, dear Professor Tate, I received the proof-slips of your ¶ very able ¶ article on Kangaroo-Island, ¶ and as I was not pressed with official work this (Saturday) afternoon, I ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1885-01-29.
29/1/85 ¶ ¶ Even if so late, respected Mr Tepper, I do return your best wishes for the New Year most heartily. Best thanks for your interesting article on Kangaroo Island. ¶ SA. The article was presu...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1885-05-03.
3/5/85 ¶ ¶ Herewith the duplicate of the bill of lading, dear Sir Joseph, concerning the two growing stems of Xanthorrhoea australis sent. ¶ ¶ As regards the system. position of Fropiera, I still th...
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 William Thiselton-Dyer, 1886-10-21.
21/10/86 ¶ ¶ Am extremely busy and not quite well, dear Mr Dyer, but do not like leaving your last letter unanswered. As it is intended to base on the Exhibition an Institute, ¶ to commemorate her M...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1888-01-18.
18/1/88. ¶ ¶ Though am very busy, dear Mr Dyer, in finishing the "Key" ¶ and in working for the Australian Centennial Exhibition, and will be forced to limit in 1888 my corresondence very much, so a...
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 Alexander Crawford, 1894-06-18.
18/6/94. ¶ ¶ It is very kind of you, dear Mr Crawford, to promise sending me Resins Kinos and Gums from your tract of country. They will be all the more valuable, as I can depend on the ½ lb, within ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to Adolf Engler, 1896-05-24.
24/5/96 ¶ ¶ Only a few words this time, esteemed Geheimrath, to tell you that the sod of the dwarf ¶ Xanthorrhoea ¶ will be sent off with the German Lloyd steamer that will leave Port Phillip near ...