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88.04.00d

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Gartenflora, 1888-04 [88.04.00d]. 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/88-04-00d>, accessed September 10, 2025

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Letter not found. The text given here is from Gartenflora, vol. 37 (1888), p. 295. The issue in which it appeared is probably the first of two issues for June, although the unusual publication pattern, with one issue of 48 pages and two of 56 pages included in the 22 issues for the year, makes this a little uncertain. The probable last date of sending the letter is April.
[Wie auch in den fernsten Gegenden die Gedächtnisfeiern zu Ehren des hochseligen Kaisers Wilhelm einen grossartigen Charakter trugen, geht so recht aus den Berichten hervor, die Herr Ferd. von Müller , Melbourne, uns übermittelt hat. Derselbe übersandte auch eine grosse, trefflich gelungene Lithographie, das Antlitz S M. des Kaisers Wilhelm in Lebensgrösse vorzüglich wiedergebend.]
[Just as remembrance ceremonies in honour of the late Kaiser Wilhelm
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Kaiser Wilhelm I died on 9 March 1888, in Berlin.
in the remotest regions bore a magnificent character, so do the reports sent us by Mr Ferd. von Müller, Melbourne.
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M was one of the principal speakers at the mourning function for Kaiser Wilhelm held in Melbourne, see 'Die Trauer um Kaiser Wilhelm in Melbourne' [The mourning for Kaiser Wilhelm in Melbourne], Australische Zeitung (Adelaide), 21 March 1888, p. 1.
He also sent a large, well-executed lithograph, excellently rendering the face of the Kaiser Wilhelm in life size.
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No copy of this picture has been located.
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