Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M198, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 86.08.06

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1886-08-06. 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/86-08-06>, accessed September 10, 2025

6/8/86
Das schöne Gras, lieber Herr Tepper, erfordert allerdings Feuchtigkeit, um zur Entwicklung völlig zu kommen. Ich sende etwas mehr Samen für Freunde von Ihnen in passenden Gegenden. Die Berichte über die naturwissensch. Excursionen dort sind recht interessant,
Bestens grüssend
Ihr
Ferd. von Mueller.
6/8/86
The beautiful grass, dear Mr Tepper, certainly requires moisture to develop completely. I will send some more seeds for your friends in suitable regions. The reports on the scientific excursions there
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Organised by the Field Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society of South Australia. See for example, 'Sixteenth Excursion — Saturday, October 10, 1885. —Government Farm', Transactions and proceedings and report of the Royal Society of South Australia , vol. 8, 1884-5, pp. 197-9, during which Tepper acted as the botanical guide.
are very interesting.
Best greetings
Your
Ferd. von Mueller.