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Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, SA. 90.03.10a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1890-03-10 [90.03.10a]. 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/1890-6/1890/90-03-10a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

10/3/90.
During a few days, dear Prof Tate, I have devoted the spare-hours to the examination of Mr Tietkens plants, and have done most of them, so that the clear writings will be forwarded to you in the course of this week.
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See M to R. Tate, 14 April 1890.
The few remaining ones must be attended to at some future time; in this you will all the more readily concur, as nothing of real importance is among them.
Indeed the whole collection adds but scantily to the records of the Australian Flora; and this is all the more to be regretted, as the season of 1889 was so favorable, and as the region, traversed by Mr Tietkens party,
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From March to July 1889, William Tietkens led a party west from Alice Springs into the Gibson Dessert to the western extremity of Lake Macdonald, returning via Lake Amadeus to Charlotte Waters (ADB).
was extensively a novel one also for phytologic researches. This list must in justice to yourself appear as the result of our united labours
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The list appeared as a joint publication of M and Tate, B90.14.03.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Will you kindly substitute for the dates, quoted from the labels, exact names of localities from the map?
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