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Physical location:

Archives, Sisters of St Joseph, Perthville, NSW. 57.12.17a

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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Julian Tenison Woods, 1857-12-17 [57.12.17a]. 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/1850-9/1857/57-12-17a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Photocopy — original letter not found.
Melbourne bot. Garden
17. Dec 1857
My dear Mr Woods.
I received your parcel of
Banksia ornata

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(Ferd Mueller in Linnaea XXV. p.)
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M neglected to include a page number. The reference is to Meisner (1853a), p. 352.
— &
Thomasia petalocalyx

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(Ferd. Mueller transact. phil. societ. Vict I. p. 35)
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B55.09.02.
with the kind lines of yours this evening,
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Letter not found.
and hasten to tender for it my thanks being just on the eve of leaving for Cape Otway. The Banksia is not the desired species with brillant red flowers, which I regret because you expended such heavy postage on its transmission
I shall be glad to send you a copy of our transactions at the end of the year when they will be out.
Most obediently
yours
Ferd Mueller