Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M1, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 84.08.21

Preferred Citation:

Henriette Carter to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1884-08-21. 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/1880-9/1884/84-08-21-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Kennedia rubicunda (MEL 250153). MS annotation by M: 'Answ | 2/9/84, FvM'. Letter not found.
Aug 21st 1884
Woomelguy
Moonan Brook
Via Scone
2
NSW.
Baron von Mueller
Sir
Many thanks for your last kind letter. I would have written long since but have been waiting an opportunity to send a parcel of plants. I could not send them by the Moonan Post as it is only a valise mail, and I am afraid they would be crush'd.
Yours sincerely
S. Henriette Carter