The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 27/1/90 ¶ ¶ Only a few days ago, dear Mr Musson, have the Melbourne Meetings of the Austral. Association closed, ¶ so that I am amidst much arrear-work in the Department. I will however try, to make...

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Physical location:

ML MSS 2009/21, item 27, Linnean Society of NSW, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 90.01.27

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Musson, 1890-01-27. 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/1890-6/1890/90-01-27-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

27/1/90

Only a few days ago, dear Mr Musson, have the Melbourne Meetings of the Austral. Association closed,

M had been President of the Second Congress of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Melbourne, 7-16 January 1890.

so that I am amidst much arrear-work in the Department. I will however try, to make each of the next days a few hours free for naming your four parcels of plants. When done, they shall be sent off successively. I may keep a few specimens back for closer examination at leisure. But in future your best plan will be, to collect all kinds of plants doubly , to number the two sets correspondingly, and to keep one set there, while one is sent to my Department, where I like to keep the specimens for records of localities with the original labels or writings of the finder permanently. Among water-weeds should yet be many novelties there or at all events rarities. After […] one or two more search in the Peel-River Regions,

NSW.

you might publish a list of the plants, occurring there. Perhaps other people in the district would send uncommon plants to you

Regardfully

your

Ferd von Mueller

A rake on a long stalk answers well to get water weeds.