The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 4/4/90. ¶ ¶ Allow me, honored and venerable friend, to send you a specimen of a Piper, new for Australia, with a view of this species being kindly examined by your illustrious son. ¶ It would be des...

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Bibliothèque des Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva. 90.04.04a

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Buechnera
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Alphonse de Candolle, 1890-04-04 [90.04.04a]. 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/1890-6/1890/90-04-04a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

MS black-edged; M's brother-in-law George Doughty died on 26 March 1890.

4/4/90.

Allow me, honored and venerable friend, to send you a specimen of a , new for Australia, with a view of this species being kindly examined by your illustrious son.

Casimir de Candolle was a recognised authority on aceae.

It would be desirable, to fix its exact position in the system.

It was very pleasing to me, that you viewed with so much favor the second Census of Australian plants.

B89.12.03.

About 20 good species have been added since; but some further reductions will have to take place, for instance in the genus .

Ten species of are listed in B89.12.03.

The third Census can not likely appear before the end of the century and then likely not much will remain to be added.

A third edition was never published.

Trusting that you enjoy life in God's beautiful world, the vegetation of which you and your great parent

A. P. de Candolle.

have done so much to reveal scientifically and hoping, that you will long yet be spared us, I remain regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.