The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne ¶ 22/5/76. ¶ ¶ Herewith, dear Mr Newbery, I send you back the specimen of clay containing fossil leaves. I would advise, that drawings should be made of these impressions, so as to be ready...

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VPRS 4363/PO/4, unregistered inward correspondence pp.76-9, VA 912 Trustees of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery, Public Record Office, Victoria. 76.05.22c

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Cosmo Newbery, 1876-05-22 [76.05.22c]. 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/1870-9/1876/76-05-22c-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne

22/5/76.

Herewith, dear Mr Newbery, I send you back the specimen of clay containing fossil leaves. I would advise, that drawings should be made of these impressions, so as to be ready for publication, when at any time connectedly fruits and leaves, such as these, are found. More than a dozen fossil plants are now known, so far as their fruits are concerned, from deposits like these. Hence it would be unsafe to refer the leaves to any one of these described genera and species from the material at present before us.

With best respects

Ferd. von Mueller

I would suggest to encourage Mr Schell in further collecting.