Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M46, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 83.02.12

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1883-02-12. 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/1880-9/1883/83-02-12-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS found with a collection of Dicliptera sp. (MEL 100736). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 17/2/83'. Letter not found.
Richmond N.S.W
Feby 12 /83
My dear Baron,
I am greatly puzzled about the two enclosed plants sent to me for identification. They were brought from the Cloncurry
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Qld.
by Mr Palmer. Will you kindly help me? One seems to belong to the Amaranths.
Owing to my domestic troubles, I have done nothing for you lately. I hope please God that some change for the better may occur before the end of the present quarter.
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Woolls's third wife, Sarah, had been seriously ill for some time; see W. Woolls to M, 23 August 1882; W. Woolls to M, 22 December 1882; and W. Woolls to M, 28 February 1883.
Mr Hamilton has lately found near Mudgee.
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NSW. See also W. Woolls to M, 28 February 1883.
Many thanks for the descriptions lately sent
Yours very sincerely
W. Woolls
The other leafless climber also comes from Queensland.