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Letter copy book, official letters, p. 41, Botanic Gardens, Adelaide. 70.01.25Preferred Citation:
Richard Schomburgk to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-01-25. 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/1870-9/1870/70-01-25-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yours, requesting a set of the plants
which may have arrived by the Gulnare from Arnheimsland.
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Arnhem Land. By the time that M wrote this letter, Frederick (formerly Friedrich) Schultze, who was collecting in the north of the Northern Territory, had sent three consignments of natural history specimens, including plants:
per
Moonta, which left Darwin on 4 March 1869 and arrived in Adelaide on 24 April; per
Gulnare, which left Darwin 0n 5 May and arrived in Adelaide on 6 June; and per
Gulnar
e
on 28 September, which arrived in Adelaide on 15 November (Wallis (2020); SA newspapers shipping arrivals).
There was an earlier request for specimens per
Gulnare
in M to R. Schomburgk, 15 November 1869. It probably related to the consignment sent in September. An earlier set of plants from Schultze, probably including specimens from the first two consignments, had been acknowledged in M to R. Schomburgk, 8 August 1869, where M also complained of the poor quality of some specimens. See also R. Schomburgk to G.
Bentham, 16 August 1869 (in this edition as M69-08-16), and notes thereto.
I have the pleasure to inform you, that such has been the case and that your request
shall be complied with. But as there are many other scientific applicants, I fear
it will take some time before the plants can be assorted, as my time at present is
much occupied with other pressing matters
I have the honor to be
&c R. S.
Dr v. Mueller
Jan 25/70