Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M9, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 89.09.23

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Robert Fitzgerald to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1889-09-23. 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/1880-9/1889/89-09-23-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Pandorea pandorana (MEL 2255520). MS annotation by M: 'Answ. 25/9/89 F.v.M.' Letter not found.
AUSTRALIAN CLUB
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Sydney.
23 Sep 89
Dear Baron
I have sent you, in a box, specimens of Tecoma for comparison one is from Howes Island
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i.e. Lord Howe Island.
In it the leaves are always serrate and as it were varnished, and the flowers are borne upright not pendent. The other is our common form of Australis
Yours truly
Robt D Fitzgerald