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Archives de l'Etat de Neuchâtel, fonds Petitpierre/La Trobe, dossier 17/24, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 59.08.16

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles La Trobe, 1859-08-16. 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/1850-9/1859/59-08-16-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Transcribed from copy held by the State Library of Victoria, MS 13354, Box 3, Folder 30.
Melbourne bot. & zool Garden
16 Aug 1859
My dear Mr LaTrobe
Since your departure from us I bore always your request in mind, of furnishing you with a specimen of the genus Latrobea, established by Prof. Meisner, but was not able to do so until now, when our collector sends for the first time the
Latrobea genistoides

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from W. Australia. I feel confident, altho' I have seen no specimens of it, that the
Latrobea Brunonis

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Meisner is nothing but a meagre desert form of L. genistoides
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MS annotation: 'The letter to be returned with the annexed discription of the genus.'
My work on the plants of Victoria, which you, much beloved Sir, so kindfully & generously initiated, is now under the press and many beautiful illustrations for it are prepared. My multifarious duties do not render it possible to make much rapid progress with it, yet I hope, si fata velint
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if the fates allow.
—, to send you the first fascicle before the end of the year.
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M's hopes were not realised; the work was not published until March 1862 (see B62.03.03).
Our mutual venerable friend, Sir William Hooker, takes in my labours as lively an interest as ever.
Wishing with your numerous friends here you all prosperity I remain, dear & esteemed Sir, your always
grateful
Ferd. Mueller.
C. J. Latrobe Esq. C.B.
&c&c&c