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RB MSS M1, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 74.02.24c
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Preferred Citation:
Diana Bunbury to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1874-02-24 [74.02.24c]. 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/1870-9/1874/74-02-24c-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
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MS found with a specimen of Pterostylis aspera (MEL 1560863), collected at Geographe Bay, WA. Neither the letter nor the specimen
with which it is associated gives the year. However, there is a second specimen of
the same species at MEL (MEL 1561639), collected in 1874 but with no month given.
On the basis that this was a specimen of 'more of that kind', the letter is tentatively
dated to 1874. However, dated orchid specimens collected by Bunbury and now in MEL
range from 1874 to 1881 (AVH, accessed 6 April 2022).
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WA.
Dear Sir,
After posting my letter
I spoke to a little girl who brings me Bush flowers for pressing, and found that
she had marked some
roots, which I now have much pleasure in sending, and I hope they may succeed: among
them there is
one
yellow but when they begin to appear, I shall be able to send more of that kind as
they are very common about here. Excuse this hurried note, and believe me truly yours
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Letter not found.
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