The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne botanic Garden ¶ 24. Apr. 1865 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated 20. March, in which you inform me, that his Excellency Governor Hampton has been pl...

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Colonial Secretary's Office - letters received, acc. 36, vol. 905, f. 273, State Records Office of Western Australia, Perth. 65.04.24

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Barlee, 1865-04-24. 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/1860-9/1865/65-04-24-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne botanic Garden

24. Apr. 1865

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated 20. March, in which you inform me, that his Excellency Governor Hampton has been pleased to forward to me specimens of the poison-plants of your colony, on which I was desirous to experiment. In reply I beg to express to his Excellency my grateful acknowledgement for the friendly attention to my request & beg to promise to subject these plants to a rigorous examination with a view of testing their medicinal effect on the human frame and on animals, in the latter case with a view of discovering antidotes. The chemical analysis of the plants may also reveal interesting facts. The specimens transmitted will not pass into my hands until after the arrival of the Madras In Sydney.

I shall consider it my duty to report to his Excellency the results of my investigations when concluded.

MS annotation in an unknown hand: 'Answered 18.5.65'; F. Barlee to M, 19 May 1865 (in this edition as 65-05-19b).

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient servant

Ferd. Mueller.

The honorable the Colonial Secretary of Western Australia.