Ferdinand von Mueller

1

Letter not found. MS is a wet-press file copy in which the ink has subsequently spread into the paper, making readings uncertain or impossible in a number of places.

29 October [188]5

2

editorial addition.

Dear Baron

I have to thank you for your two letters of [18]th July and [8]th August.

3

Letters not found.

which I recd this week on my return from my summers [work] in the [north]. The seeds of [...] and the copy of your Census of Australian plants

4

B83.03.04.

were also recd with thanks. We have not seen the Detroit edition to which you refer.

5

B84.13.22.

Where can it be had? The seed I am giving over to one [...] gardeners who [I am sure will] take an interest in growing them [...]

6

About four words illegible.

I will let you know the result. Macoun is at work [at] Part II of his catalogue

7

Macoun (1883-1902).

& I hope it will be printed during the winter. We will be glad to give you the [notes] you ask for in reference to industrial and [...] of Canadian plants. I hope to [embody] the information in a descriptive catalogue to accompany the exhibit we are now preparing for the London Colonial Exhibition next year. As regards exchanges I may say that at present owing to lack of space, our collections [...] [...] foreign countries except in Conchology & if you could send us any Australian shells we would send you specimens of any Canadian plants [...] [...] [...]. Our herbm contains many duplicates & includes almost every known species from British Colombia to Cape Breton. I never hear from or of McCoy

8

Frederick McCoy.

[...] Give him my kind regards when you see him as also to Newbery

9

James Cosmo Newbery.

& any other of my old friends in Victoria.

Baron Ferdd Von Müller &c &c

Melbourne Victoria Australia