The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 11/12/72 ¶ The honorable J. J. Casey, ¶ Minister of the Lands Department. ¶ Sir...

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E72/28056, unit 750, VPRS 44/P inward registered and unregistered correspondence, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 72.12.11a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to James Casey, 1872-12-11 [72.12.11a]. 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/72-12-11a>, accessed September 11, 2025

Melbourne bot Garden

11/12/72

The honorable J. J. Casey,

Minister of the Lands Department.

Sir

In reply to your communication of yesterday, received this day,

Letter not found.

I have the honor to state, that writings of mine, emanating from my Australian phytologic researches, have been printed in the following volumes or documents.

The publications listed can be found in the file 'Mueller's publications' under 'Apparatus' on this website. Some predate his appointment in Victoria in 1853; however, his paper in Linnaea listed here as 1852, which dealt with SA plants, did not appear until 1853 (B53.04.01). M's publication list provided on the website also includes various reprints of items that he lists here, letters to the editor on various botanical topics such as poisonous plants that are not included here, and some publications on topics not directly related to his role as Government Botanist, including for example his promotion of searches to discover the fate of Leichhardt.

Reports to Parliament 1853, 1854, 1855, 1857, 1858, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1865, 1869.

Appendix to Babbage's Expedition Report (1858) (Vict. parliamt. Papers)

Schlechtendal's Linnaea (Halle) 1852.

Sir Will Hooker's Kew Miscellany 1852-1859. (London)

Appendix to Gregory's Report on his Search Expedition after Leichhardt 1858. (Sydney parliam. Papers)

Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1857-1871.

Appendix to Smith's Expedition to the estuary of the Burdekin, Vict. Parlm. papers (1860)

Proceedings of the Linnéan Society of London 1857-1859.

Proceedings of the Royal bot. Society of Edinburgh 1863.

Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria (formerly philos. Inst. &c) 1854-1870.

Exhibition Volume 1854 Victoria

Volume of Victorian Exhibition — 1861-1862. also 1867, also 1870.

Lectures delivered at the Industrial Museum of Melbourne, first, second and third set.

Bulletin de la Société d'Agriculture d'Alger 1869.

Volumes of the Acclimation Society of Victoria 1871 and 1872.

Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae, vol. I-VII. (Gov. Printing Office) (sent to you already early in Oct. of this year) 1858-1871.

No record has been found of these volumes, or of the others indicated below as sent, being provided to the Minister for Lands or his office.

Plants of Victoria one vol. (also sent already).

Lithograms of Victorian plants, one. vol. (also forwarded already)

Victorian Mosses (Gov Printing Office) sent already.

Vegetation of the Chatham Islands (Gov Printing office, Melbourne) Sent to you also early in October already.

R. Br. Smyths quarterly Mining Reports 1870-1872.

I am also the only collaborator on Bentham's great work, Flora Australiensis, of which vol. I-V have appeared hitherto in London 1863-1870, at Lovell Reeves. The sixth volume is under the press.

Vol. 6 of Bentham (1863-78) was published on 23 September 1873 (TL2).

I have the honor to be

your obedient servant

Ferd von Mueller,

Direct. botan. Garden.