The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 24/2/64. ¶ My dear Professor. ¶ ¶ The firm, which in my opinion would best supply the seed for field-crops to the Horticultural Society of Bengal, is that of Messrs Will. Law ...

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Thomas Anderson, box 2, letters from various originators 1859-68, vol. 1, no. 154. 64.02.24a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to [Thomas Anderson], 1864-02-24 [64.02.24a]. 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/1860-9/1864/64-02-24a-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

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Melbourne bot. Garden

24/2/64.

My dear Professor.

The firm, which in my opinion would best supply the seed for field-crops to the Horticultural Society of Bengal, is that of Messrs Will. Law & Co, seedsmen, [1]18

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Swanston Street, Melbourne, and I have mentioned to these Gentlemen, that probably an order for such seed would be given by you. Their new catalogue is in print, but living out of town I can at the moment when I write not ascertain, whether they have been able to despatch it to you by this mail.

The publication of a general Flora of India as far as the present material reaches will be a great boon, if as it may be expected from J. Hooker & J. Thomson it is done with critical accuracy. To me such a work will facilitate the further investigation of the tropical flora of this continent. I am indebted for your kindness of sending me your memoir on out of the L.S. proceedings.

T. Anderson (1864). The paper, which had been read before the Society on 5 June 1862, was included in the part of vol. 7 issued on 4 March 1863 (Gage & Stearn (1988), p. 216).

Have you ever had leisure to examine the few Australian I sent you some while ago?

Can you give me any information of your brother?

John Anderson? See note to M to T. Anderson, 25 October 1864.

Is he at home?

I do not know, whether you care about dry plants from Australia. If so I would be exceedingly glad to exchange them for any Indian plants. Pray tell me also, whether more Australian seeds are acceptable for any of your establishments & which of my publications you possess, so that I may complete them. Of the fragmenta I issued just the 26 number.

B64.02.01.

Without wishing to be immodest I may venture to say that seeds of Indian , of which you generously supplied some on various former occasions, continue welcome, as there is an endless demand for these noble trees for our reserves. I should also like very much to try the culture of as a fodder plant for sheep, if I could obtain seeds of it.

With kindest regards

yours

Ferd. Mueller