The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: The flora of the state of Perak in the British East Indies is as yet almost unknown, so it is of great interest that the missionaries Mr. Tenison Woods and Mr. Scortechini are exploiting it now. The l...

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Gartenflora, 1884-09 [84.09.00a]. 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/84-09-00a>, accessed September 11, 2025

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Die Flora des Staates Perak in Britisch-Ostindien' [The flora of the state of Perak in the British East Indies] in 'Personalnotizen und Correspondenz' [Personal notices and correspondence], Gartenflora , vol. 33 (November 1884), p. 320 (B84.11.03). The author is assumed to be M, since no collaborator named on the cover of the issue has the initials ‘F. M.’ and M subsequently made a more detailed report on this topic; see M to Gartenflora, October 1884 (in this edition as 84-10-00a). The item is dated to September as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been included in this issue.

Die Flora des Staates Perak in Britisch-Ostindien, ist fast noch unbekannt, es ist deshalb von grossem Interesse, dass die Missionäre, der Herr Tenison Woods und der Herr Scortechini, dieselbe jetzt ausbeuten. Der letztere hat sich schon, als er noch in Sud-Queensland fungirte, eifrig mit Botanik beschäftigt. Auch der Curator des Botanischen Gartens in Singapore, Herr N. Cantley hat sich mit den beiden genannten Herren zum gleichen Zweck vereinigt, so dass in unsere Gärten von dort bald schöne und neue interessante Pflanzen einwandern durften. (F. M.)

The flora of the state of Perak in the British East Indies is as yet almost unknown, so it is of great interest that the missionaries Mr. Tenison Woods and Mr. Scortechini are exploiting it now. The latter was already busily engaged in botany while still officiating in South Queensland. The curator of the Botanical Garden in Singapore, Mr. N. Cantley, has also joined with the two gentlemen mentioned for the same purpose, so that soon beautiful and new interesting plants from there are likely to be introduced into our gardens. (F.M.)