Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M45, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 90.04.13

Preferred Citation:

Thomas Weir to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890-04-13. 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/1890-6/1890/90-04-13-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Endiandra sieberi (MEL 582703).
Cambewarra, Shoalhaven, New South Wales,
April 13th 1890.
Honored Sir,
We have been successful in obtaining flowers of the tree, whose fruit, leaves, and bark, I sent you some time ago,
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T. Weir to M, 22 February 1890.
and which you declared to be new to you. I am surprised at finding the flowers at this time of the year; the tree is damaged by fire at the root which probably accounts for its flowring at this time. We discovered the flowers with the aid of a small telescope; we did not fall the tree, so we can get more flowers if the enclosed sprays get damaged in transit.
I remain, yours respectfully.
Thomas Weir.