The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Woodhall near Perth ¶ Mar 10th 1850 ¶ Dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have been for some time waiting to hear from you with much uncertainty, as I answered yours of August 10th ¶ at the latter end of September last....

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RB MSS M36, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 50.03.10

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Preferred Citation:

Charles Stuart to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1850-03-10. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1850-9/1850/50-03-10-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

MS envelope front: 'Dr F. Müller | care of Messrs Büttner & Heuzenroeder | Chemists & Druggists | Rundle Street | Adelaide'. Front post-marked Launceston, 11 March 1850, and GPO, South Australia, 19 March 1850.

For a summary of this letter see Daley (1935), pp. 134-6.

Woodhall near Perth

Tas.

Mar 10th 1850

Dear Sir

I have been for some time waiting to hear from you with much uncertainty, as I answered yours of August 10th

Letter not found.

at the latter end of September last.

C. Stuart to M, 25 September 1849.

Sending at the same time pr Brig "Halycyon" a small box containing some Cryptogamous plants, & seeds from South Africa, Swan River &c — since which I have not heard from you I trust that you received them safe, & if so that nothing serious has occurred to prevent your writing as you had been unwell, I am afraid perhaps that continued illness might have been the cause, — but I hope at all events that you will send me an answer to this — never mind about any names of plants or any thing of the kind untill quite convenient, only let me hear from you — I am the more anxious about this as I have another good collection for you having made one or two journeys since my last writing, to the eastern part of the Island — & succeeded in getting nearly all I wanted from there — I have also the pleasure to inform you that I have also got a fine lot of Algae from the same locality, with which I think you will be much pleased, and as my labours are ended for this season I only wait untill I hear from you, when I will send them, together with some other seeds &c —

You cannot think how uneasy I have been about you sometimes I thought that pecuniary matters had not gone well with you, but do not think for a moment that will cause me to be slack in my endeavours to serve you to the best of my ability — so long as my service may be acceptable — at all events do write soon

Your South American seeds have nearly all grown & some of them now large plants — only one has flowered the — there is also a , now growing finely also a ? and some Leguminous plants of which I cannot say anything about

The seeds which I got from Swan river are growing well, but as yet the plants are but small, only one has flowered which is a , but amongst these I recognise , , , (about 12 sorts of these) many Leguminous plants such as ,

Chorizema?

? &c & many others of which I shall forward you specimens as they flower

Many plants for which you enquired I am sorry to say I cannot send you as yet, but I know where they are to be found — with one or two exceptions & will try for them next season — I have been again disappointed in getting some specimens from Hobart Town a person there promised but has not performed, but this is the way of the world I am sorry to say. — I am not going to write a long letter now — my principal object being to obtain word from you — on receipt of which I will be more diffuse — I intend if all goes well next season to make a journey on the N Coast of VDL

Van Diemen's Land.

— where I think the plants will assimilate more with those of New Holland,

The Australian mainland.

I have never been there, & a quantity of specimens which I once saw from thence were so imperfect that they could not be well recognised or examined but this is a subject for the future. — I have I think got a new on my last trip — I shall therefore say no more at present — but anxiously waiting your reply believe me to be dear Sir

yours faithfully

Charles Stuart

I think your surmise of the to be correct by the appearance of the plant & seed, I send a bit of a plant not yet generally in flower, which I took to be a from its habit untill I found a few untimely flowers, about 1ft high — also a climbing plant growing on dry rocks with much the appearance of some flowers immature but you may perhaps recognize it, the foliage in the same plant varies much in some cases I have observed the leaf quite entire , it seems out of place here as it suffers from frost.

MS annotation by M: ' Tecoma'.

believe me dear Sir

Yours Truly

Charles Stuart