The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Administration of the Botanical Institute in Kiel ¶ Kiel, 21 January 1890. ¶ Highly esteemed Colleague! ¶ ¶ Major Reinbold, who is much occupied with the algae collection of our herbarium, had the ki...

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RB MSS M 108b, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 90.01.21a

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Preferred Citation:

Johannes Reinke to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890-01-21 [90.01.21a]. 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/90-01-21a>, accessed September 11, 2025

MS annotation by M 'Erhalt u beantw 27/2/90 10/3/90' [Received and answered 27 February 1890, 10 March 1890]. Answering letter not found.

DIREKTION

des

botanischen Instituts

in Kiel.

Kiel, 21 Januar 1890.

Hochgeehrter Herr College!

Herr Major Reinbold, welcher sich viel mit der Algensammlung unseres Herbariums beschäftigt, hatte die Güte, für diese Sie um einige Zusendungen zu bitten, und Sie haben es nicht daran fehlen lassen, diese Bitte in liebenswürdigster Weise zu erfüllen. Ich sage Ihnen dafür im Namen des botanischen Instituts meinen verbindlichsten Dank!

Zugleich habe ich mir erlaubt, heute eine Collection meist von mir gesammelter Algen der westlichen Ostsee abgehen zu lassen, die für Ihr Museum jedenfalls ein pflanzengeographisches, theilweise auch systematisches Interesse haben dürften. Ich erlaube mir heute die Anfrage, ob ich Ihnen vielleicht auch mit einer kleinen Sammlung von Algen aus den nördlichen Eismeere dienen kann? In diesem Falle steht dieselbe zur Verfügung, und bitte ich nur darüber zu disponiren.

Ich strebe danach, wenigstens alle Genera von Meeresalgen im hiesigen Herbarium vertreten zu haben; gerade wegen Kieler Lage am Meere bedarf hier das Algenstudium besonderer Pflege, und unter meiner Direction soll vorläufig nur die Algensammlung vermehrt werden, um alle Kräfte darauf zu concentriren. Leider fehlen uns noch zahlreiche australische Genera , und da ist meine heutige Bitte an Sie, ob Sie mir nicht zur Ausfüllung dieser Lücken nochmals behülflich sein könnten? Die nachstehende Desideratenliste ist nach dem Gattungsverzeichnis von Schmitz im neusten Heft der Flora zusammengestellt worden, und wäre ich Ihnen sehr dankbar, wenn Sie in der Lage wären, aus Ihren Schätzen mir davon Einiges mitzutheilen. Selbstredend würde ich stets bestrebt sein, mich, soviel das möglich ist, dafür erkenntlich zu zeigen.

Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung und collegialischem Grusse

Ihr ergebenster

Reinke.

Das botanische Institut in Kiel desiderirt die folgenden Genera von Florideen der australischen Flora.

(= Harv. Alg. austr. exsicc.

Harvey (1857).

No 348)

(= Harv.)

Merrifieldia?

(= Ag.)

(= Harv.)

(= )

(= Harv.)

(= )

Rhodopeltis (australis)

Reinke.

Administration of the Botanical Institute in Kiel

Kiel, 21 January 1890.

Highly esteemed Colleague!

Major Reinbold, who is much occupied with the algae collection of our herbarium, had the kindness to ask you for some consignments of the latter, and you have not neglected to fulfil this request in the most kindly manner.

See T. Reinbold to M, 31 December 1888 (in this edition as 88-12-31c), and T. Reinbold to M, 8 December 1889.

I thank you most graciously in the name of the botanical institute for this!

At the same time I venture to have sent off today a collection of algae of the western Baltic mostly collected by me, which might have at any rate a phytogeographical, partly even systematic interest for your museum. Today I permit myself the question whether I can also perhaps oblige you with a small collection of algae from the Arctic Ocean? In this case it is available and I just ask to dispose of it.

I am striving to have represented at least all genera of marine algae in the local herbarium; precisely on account of Kiel's situation on the sea, the study of algae needs particular cultivation here, and under my direction temporarily just the collection of algae shall be increased so as to concentrate all resources on it. Unfortunately we still lack numerous Australian genera and so my request to you today is whether you cannot be helpful again in filling these gaps? The list of desiderata below has been compiled from the index of genera of Schmitz in the latest part of Flora,

F. Schmitz (1889).

and I would be very obliged to you, if you were able to send me some from your rich store. Naturally I would always endeavour as much as possible to show my appreciation for this.

Very respectfully and with collegial greetings

Your most devoted

Reinke

The Botanical Institute in Kiel desires the following genera of Florideae of the Australian flora.

[List as above]