The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [Dr ¶ Mueller ¶ stated by letter that a large proportion of the Cork oaks plants which came per Golden South, ¶ had arrived in excellent order and ¶ would, he hoped, do well here]....

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64.09.00c

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Council, Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, 1864-09 [64.09.00c]. 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/1860-9/1864/64-09-00c-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. See report of Council meeting of 13 September 'Acclimatisation Society of Victoria', Ballarat star, 15 September 1864, p. 2.

[Dr Mueller stated by letter that a large proportion of the Cork oaks plants which came per Golden South,

Arrived 7 September 1864 (Argus, 8 September 1864, p. 4). M complained that the consignment, which came from Kew, had been addressed to the 'Acclimation Society' rather than to M; see M to J. Hooker, 24 September 1864 (in this edition as 64-09-24a). See also J. Hooker to M, 2 December 1864.

M continued to solicit cork oaks from Kew after this shipment arrived; see M to J. Hooker, 25 October 1864 (in this edition as 64-10-25a).

had arrived in excellent order and would, he hoped, do well here].