Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M1, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 85.04.20

Preferred Citation:

Law, Somner & Co. to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-04-20. 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/1880-9/1885/85-04-20-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
MS found with a specimen of Setaria parviflora (MEL 72171). MS bears the illustrated insignia of the company.
Memorandum.
From —
Law, Somner & Co.,
Seedsmen & Plant Merchants,
87, Swanston-street.
Melbourne, April 20 1885
To Baron Von Mueller
South Yarra
Sir
A friend of ours has sent the enclosed sample of grass and appears very curious to procure the name Can you furnish same by so doing you will much oblige
Yours faithfully
Law Somner
2
There is a pencilled annotation in what may be M's hand: 'P. ambigua'.