Ferdinand von Mueller

1

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Nomenclature of vines’, a report of a meeting of vinegrowers held in Adelaide on 16 July 1868, South Australian register , 17 July 1868, p. 3. It was introduced by: 'the following letter was read from Rd. Kelly:—'.

The letter is dated to June 1867 as the earliest date on which it could have been written. See also n. 3 below.

[At a meeting of vinegrowers, held at the Norfolk Arms,

2

Adelaide, SA.

June 21, 1867, it was resolved to form a public collection of the vines now in the colony, and to apply to Government to assist in procuring other good varieties not yet introduced. …

Intimation of our intention to form a public collection of vines was sent to Dr. Mueller, of the Botanic Garden in Melbourne, and it was suggested that, if a similar collection were formed In Victoria, the same nomenclature should be used in both colonies; that our collections should be duplicate — each variety being known by a number in the catalogue, and the various names by which it was designated being subjoined. Dr. Mueller, through his assistant, not only gave a favourable reply,

3

Letter not found. A response from E. Heyne, M's assistant, rather than from M himself, would be likely in the second half of 1867, when M was at Queenscliff and then in WA.

but also sent off, without delay, to Adelaide, a package of cuttings of the varieties in a collection he is now forming

4

M was building a 'standard collection of Vines and Orchard trees [which] has annually been added to'; see M to J. Grant, 14 September 1868.

which he thought might be unknown in this colony. …