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Ferdinand von Mueller to Prospero Ramel, 1859-09 [59.09.00d]. 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/1850-9/1859/59-09-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from Bulletin de la Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation , vol. 6 (1859), p. 601. The letter is dated to September 1859 as the latest likely date M could have written for Ramel to report it at the meeting of the Society held on 9 December 1859.
[M. Ramel, qui a fait don a la Societe d'une paire de Colombes d'Australie, transmet une lettre par laquelle M. le docteur Ferdinand Müller, directeur du Jardin botanique et zoologique de Melbourne, lui donne l'assurance qu'il se fera toujours un plaisir de procurer des vegetaux et des animaux vivants du pays qu'il habite.]
[Mr Ramel, who has donated a pair of doves from Australia to the Society, transmits a letter in which Dr. Ferdinand Müller, Director of the Melbourne Botanical and Zoological Garden, assures him that he will always be pleased to procure plants and live animals from the country he lives in.]