Document information

Physical location:

66.10.00c

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys , 1866-10 [66.10.00c]. 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/1860-9/1866/66-10-00c-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

1
Letter not found. The text given here is from Bulletin de la Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation, series 2, vol. 3 (1866), p. 680. The letter is dated to October 1866 as the latest likely date that it could have been written to be reported at the meeting of the Society held on 7 December 1866.
[S. Exe. M. le ministre des affaires étrangères transmet une lettre de M. Ferdinand Mueller et un paquet de graines de
Cinchona officinalis

Search for Cinchona officinalis in

. M. Mueller annonce le prochain envoi de graines de diverses plantes australiennes, qu'il pense devoir prospérer en Algérie et dans le Sahara.]
[His Excellency The Minister for Foreign Affairs
2
Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys.
forwards a letter from Mr Ferdinand Mueller and a packet of seeds of
Cinchona officinalis

Search for Cinchona officinalis in

. Mr Mueller announces the next shipment of seeds of various Australian plants that he thinks should prosper in Algeria and in the Sahara.]
3
The extract was followed by a note of thanks (letter not found) and the comment that 'Les graines de Cinchona dues à la générosité de notre confrère ont immédiatement été réparties entre l'Algérie, nos colonies des Antilles, l'île Maurice et la Réunion' [The seeds of Cinchona due to the generosity of our colleague have immediately been divided between Algeria, our colonies of the West Indies, Mauritius and Reunion].