The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Easter 1885 ¶ ¶ I am glad, dear Mr Dyer, that the previous notices, concerning Asplenium Robinsonii, ¶ were found out by the excellent Mr Baker. Lately a Sydney-plant dealer removed three of the fiv...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1882-90, ff. 141-2. 85.04.05

Plant names

Asplenium Robinsonii
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Dicksonia Billardierii
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Xanthorrhoea Preissii
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Xanthorrhoea australis
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1885-04-05. 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/1880-9/1885/85-04-05-final.odt>, accessed June 5, 2026

Easter 1885

In 1885 Easter Day was 5 April. MS annotation by [Thiselton-Dyer?]: 'A. squamulatum B. Smithii | Hook. Sp. Fil. iii, 83'.

I am glad, dear Mr Dyer, that the previous notices, concerning ,

is underlined in blue pencil. See M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 January 1885 (in this edition as 85-01-25a).

were found out by the excellent Mr Baker. Lately a Sydney-plant dealer removed three of the five individual plants known in Norfolk-Island, and probably soon the rest will be carried off also, so that this species will then only be known — and that too but very sparingly and precariously — in cultivation. Would it be possible, to figure such an extremely local plant in the Bot. Magazine?

Would it … Magazine is marked with three blue pencil lines in the margin. No illustration was published in J. Hooker (1865-1904).

Then information could also be given, whether the fronds stand circularly or singly &c from your living plant. The specimen of fronds sent to Kew, differed slightly in shape from the one only just received.

The text is crowded and interlined; a possible alternate reading is 'from the only one just received'.

The arrangements are now completed, to send you one or two stems of ,

is underlined in red pencil. See M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 January 1885, and M to J. Hooker, 24 April 1885.

as desired; - the cool season having now set in again. These stems, fresh from their native ground, will be despatched in the course of this month. I have written also to W. A., urging stems to be sent to Kew of at once at this favorable season, so that they could be under glass at Kew before the cold weather sets in; if they should push leaves anew by next Easter, the plants could be placed on loan into the W.A. Court during the Colonial Exhibition

Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886.

as a sort of “quid pro quo” for the expense, which that sending would incur.

The lower paper, blue, has the following text in lead pencil in an unidentified hand: Clearly X. quadrangulata. | Australis is a plant of Victoria & Tasmania quadrangulata of South Australia. Thiselton-Dyer added in purple pencil: Wrote 6.2.86. [Letter not found.]

Regardfully yours

Ferd von Mueller

How did you get on with the many stems of

Dicksonia Billardierei?