The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot. Garden, ¶ 17/1/73 ¶ ¶ Most thankfully shall I accept the plant of Buckinghamia celsissima, dear Mr Ramsay, kindly offered by you. The seeds of this plant never grow here. The Myristica...

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Physical location:

ML MSS.562, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 73.01.17

Plant names

Buckinghamia celsissima
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Myristica insipida
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1873-01-17. 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/1870-9/1873/73-01-17-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Melbourne bot. Garden,

17/1/73

Most thankfully shall I accept the plant of , dear Mr Ramsay, kindly offered by you. The seeds of this plant never grow here. The Myristica of Rockingham's Bay is R.Br, which plant is also not in our conservatory.

your regardful

Ferd. von Mueller