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RB MSS M198, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 91.02.24a

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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1891-02-24 [91.02.24a]. 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/1890-6/1891/91-02-24a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

24/2/91
Sehr dankbar bin ich Ihnen, lieber Herr Tepper, u so auch besonders diesmal Ihrem jungen Sohne für das Senden der
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-Früchte. Solche kommen eben jetz sehr gelegen. Es sind schöne Exemplare. Was kann ich dem jungen Beamten in retour senden?
Ich bin noch sehr bedrückt mit rückständigen Arbeiten, welche sich während Januar ansammelten. So muss ich mich kurz fassen.
Immer Ihr
Ferd. von Mueller.
24/2/91
I am very grateful to you, dear Mr Tepper, and so also particularly this time to your young son for the consignment of the
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fruits.
1
See M to O. Tepper, 18 February 1890. Tepper had exhibited fruits forwarded by his son from the north-west coast at the meeting of the Royal Society of SA held on 3 February 1891 (Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, vol. 14, p. 358, 1891; see also Express and telegraph (Adelaide), 4 February 1891, p. 5.
They come just now at the right time. They are fine specimens. What can I send the young official in return?
2
J. W. O. Tepper was a telegraphist at Roebuck Bay, WA.
I am still very burdened with overdue work that accumulated during January. So I must be brief.
Always your
Ferd. von Mueller.