The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Stategarden 23/3/67. ¶ ¶ I have to thank you, dear Prof Balfour for your regular communications, always so welcome. ¶ ¶ I do not know, whether you are aware, that I have a large swamp or Lake in my ...

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh J. H. Balfour correspondence, vol. X, f. 273. 67.03.23

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Ferdinand von Mueller to John Balfour, 1867-03-23. 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/1860-9/1867/67-03-23-final.odt>, accessed June 5, 2026

Stategarden 23/3/67.

I have to thank you, dear Prof Balfour for your regular communications, always so welcome.

I do not know, whether you are aware, that I have a large swamp or Lake in my garden. It occurs to me it would be delightful to transfer Scottish water plants to it. , , , , , [Lysimachia]

In the MS the name of the second Lysimachia species is written below the first, and the generic name indicated by a " mark.

thyrsiflora, Lychnis flos-cuculi &c would be so welcome. We have , , & , but nothing else of British Swamp or Lake plants. Supposed now, when your excursions commence again,

For the role of Balfour's long excursions, see Allen (2000), p. 354, and Balfour (1908).

could your intelligent youthful followers not pick some seedvessels of these things for me? Four ounces of seeds sent as samples would come for [...]

Text obscured by binding.

by post. Of course the pretty moor & wood plants, , , , , , &c might be also tried in our forest of . I would gladly reciprocate to the donors in dry plants for their herbaria, and it might be a triumph to them to have so many pretty things naturalized in Australian waters.

is gorgeously in flower in my Conservatory.

See Maroske (1992).

Now, as I am getting an ample local supply of fresh seeds I hope to naturalize this grand plant in the lakes of North Australia where it will be of more use than the small & N. stellata for its amylaceous seeds as a final stapel of food. I have also growing.

yr attached

Ferd Mueller

A friend of mine, Andr. McCrae Esq, has taken a basket made of to your museum for me.

Paragraph written in left margin of p. 1 of letter. M also sent a similar basket to Kew; see M to G. Bentham 21 April 1867 (in this edition as 64-07-21b).

Seeds of I should prize much.

Paragraph written in left margin of p. 3 of letter.