Document information
Physical location:
RB MSS M106, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 83.12.00Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to George Doughty Jr, 1883-12. 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/1880-9/1883/83-12-00-final.odt>, accessed June 17, 2026
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MS is a card showing a smaller card with the printed greetings lying on a bunch of
Australian wildflowers: 
M's greeting is on the reverse.
M's greeting is on the reverse.
I wish you ev'ry happiness
Old Christmas can bestow!
A bright New Year, thy path to cheer,
Exempt from grief and woe!
AUSTRALIAN FLOWERS
To George F. St. H. Doughty
from his uncle
Ferd. von Mueller
Christmas
1883.