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VPRS 805/P000O/154/91-624, inward and outward correspondence — subject, VA 913 Public Library of Victoria, Public Record Office, Victoria. 91.04.09

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Ferdinand von Mueller to J. Cosmo Newbery, 1891-04-09. 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/1890-6/1891/91-04-09-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

9/4/91
J. Cosmo Newbery Esq. C.M.G., B.Sc.,
Director of the technologic Museum &c
Please, dear Mr Newbery, convey to the trustees of the technologic Museum my best thanks for the donation to the Gov. Herbarium here of particularly valuable dried plants from Chili,
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Chile.
Timor, New Zealand and the Auckland-Islands. They largely consist of authentic specimens, from which Gay's work on Chili-plants and Raoul's volume of New Zealand plants became elaborated.
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Gay (1845-53), Raoul (1846)?
Such collections are of importance for reference, and will remain so for all future times.
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File annotated 'Noted Ind. & Tech. Mus. Cou. 29. 4. 91'.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.