Document information

Physical location:

MS 378/A Otago Acclimatisation Society minute book, Archives and Manuscripts, Hocken Library, Dunedin. 68.02.00a

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to the Otago Acclimatisation Society, 1868-02 [68.02.00a]. 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/1860-9/1868/68-02-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found. The letter was read at a meeting of the Society on 27 February 1868. See also T. Ulph to M, 31 December 1867.
[Letter from Dr Mueller Melbourne enclosing parcel of the seed of
Ailanthus glandulosa

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Resolved that the thanks of the Council be given to [Mr Larnach]
2
Name illegible in minute book; name taken from the report of the meeting in Otago daily times , 28 February 1868, p. 4.
& Dr Mueller for their several donations [...] That [...]
3
words illegible . The newspaper report states that Larnach had sent three Australian quail, which were 'ordered to be turned out'.
the Ailanthus seed be distributed amongst the members.]
4
At a meeting of the Society on 23 April 1868, 'Mr Ulph stated that while in Melbourne he had an interview with Dr Mueller when that gentleman urged upon him the advisability of getting a reserve of land made for the purpose of propagation of certain valuable plants which he was prepared to send over to Otago'.