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Ad 46 Dawson letters, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 87.12.14

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Woolls, 1887-12-14. 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/1880-9/1887/87-12-14-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

14/12/87
I am eager, dear Dr Woolls, to bring next week at the last meeting of the L.S. of N.S.W. for 1887 the Acacia, allied to A. polybotrya, before the botanic world.
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The final meeting of the Linnean Society of New South Wales for 1887 was held on 28 December. M did not describe a new species of Acacia at that meeting, nor was an Acacia exhibited for him or for William Woolls. Instead, M exhibited it as A. baileyana, with a description, at a meeting of the Royal Society of Victoria held on 15 December 1887 (see B88.07.03).
Can you timely gain a positive answer from your friend,
2
John Dawson, amongst whose papers M's letter is now located, who with his nephew Henry Dawson Cocker provided the information requested. In a letter received by Woolls on 30 December (letter not found, but see Woolls to J. Dawson, 31 December 1887; Ad 46, John Dawson papers, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney), M acknowledged their help and requested further details from Cocker, which Cocker told Dawson on 17 January 1888 he duly supplied (Ad 46, John Dawson papers, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney). See also M to W. Woolls, 12 January 1888.
how he came to raise it?
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller