The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: November 19, 1887. ¶ To the Hon. Sec. Royal Society of Tasmania. — ¶ ¶ Allow me, honoured sir, to inquire whether possibly some arrangements can be made this summer by your amateur naturalists to exp...

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Ferdinand von Mueller to James Agnew, 1887-11-19. 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/1880-9/1887/87-11-19-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. For the text given here, see the proceedings of the meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania on 21November 1887, Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1887, p. lix (B88.13.16).

November 19, 1887.

To the Hon. Sec. Royal Society of Tasmania. —

Allow me, honoured sir, to inquire whether possibly some arrangements can be made this summer by your amateur naturalists to explore Mount Munro,

All places named here are in Tas.

on Clarke Island, in the interest of geology, zoology, and physiology.

Typesetter's error for phytology?

So far as I am aware, this mountain has never yet been visited for the purposes of science beyond triangulation, and as it is nearly as high as Strzelecki Peak on Flinders Island, where Dr. Milligan made so many important observations on minerals, insects, and plants, any researches carried out on high elevations of Mt. Munro should also be replete with novel interest. Perhaps during the Christmas and New Year's holidays some of the Tasmanian scientists could unite for a tour to Mount Munro, which would not involve more expenditure and exertion than spending the holidays in other and less profitable excursions. The Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, at my suggestion, will institute researches on King Island next month. If from Hobart and other places the Mount Munro region were searched for, Tasmanian science might be expected.

Some words appear to have been omitted at this point in the published text.

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Respectfully yours,

Ferd Von Mueller.

In the discussion of M's letter, 'Dr. Sandford pointed out that Mount Munro was not on Clarke Island, but on Barren Island. Mr R. M. Johnston said this mistake had probably caused Baron Müeller to forget that he had forwarded a list of plants found along the base of Mount Munro. But it was the Alpine plants that it was desirable to explore, and he thought if the Baron himself would come over next summer arrangements could be made for a picnic on a large scale.' No list of M's such as described by Johnston has been found.