Document information

Physical location:

ML MSS.562, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 87.11.18

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1887-11-18. 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/1880-9/1887/87-11-18-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

18/11/87
As I am just pushing the "key to the syst. of Vict. plants"
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B88.11.02.
through the press, dear Dr Ramsay, I will not trouble you just now to send the ; you may mean while get a few other specimens. To define the species accurately, it needs record of the fresh colors. Several of our Austral. species of , and indeed of many other genera of fungs are identical with European species. The spores are carried with traffic widely over the whorld.
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whole world?
Can I do anything for you ? I am still most eager to get specimens with organs of reproduction, to elucidate fully the .
Always regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Many of the Central Austral. s cannot yet be illustrated for want of fruit Kindly tell this any friends of yours in the far interior