Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M8, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 79.07.15

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Eugene Fitzalan to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-07-15. 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/1870-9/1879/79-07-15-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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Item extracted from an unidentified specimen folder at MEL.
Willow Vale Bowen
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Qld.
July 15th 79
Dear Sir
I have to thank you for Book (Victorian plants
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B79.06.04
) and for Seeds (
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Brabejum?
) and to assure you that I will get you the fruit of the you ask for as soon as ripe.
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Request letter not found.
A work on will be very valuable as a work of reference — — I hope a Supplement to the Flora Australiensis will be authorized shortly as many things are left in an unfinished state
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The promised supplement to Flora australiensis was never published.
I enclose Specimens of a small handsome tree — will you kindly give me name —
yours respectfully
Eugêne Fitzalan