Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M198, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 86.04.04a

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1886-04-04 [86.04.04a]. 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/86-04-04a>, accessed September 10, 2025

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MS annotation by Tepper: '5.4.86'. Annotations of this kind appear to be from a later date, perhaps when Tepper was putting the letters he had received from M in chronological order preparatory to having them bound together, and generally give the date on which the letter was written. However, 5 April 1886 was a Monday, not a Sunday, and the item is therefore dated here to 4 April. Tepper wrote an identical annotation on the letter that M dated to the Monday, i.e. M to O. Tepper, 5 April 1886, which suggests that Tepper received the two items together and assumed that M wrote them on the same day.
Wie ich die Namen Ihrer letzten Pflanzen in Nachtstunden ermüdet wiederschrieb, lieber Herr Tepper, dachte ich nicht gleich an Boronia Edwardsii. Es ist dies die höchst seltne Art, welche als N. 14 Sie von der Käng. Insel gebracht. Die Frucht blieb bisher unbekannt.
Freundlichst grüssend
Ferd. von Mueller.
Sunday
As I rewrote the names of your last plants fatigued in the night hours, dear Mr Tepper, I did not think immediately of
Boronia edwardsii

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. This is a very rare species that you brought from Kangaroo Island
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as no. 14. The fruit was hitherto unknown.
Most friendly greetings
Ferd. von Mueller.