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MS 181, folio 21808, d. 76, op. 1, fond 355, Archives, Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg. 91.08.11Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to Eduard von Regel, 1891-08-11. 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/91-08-11>, accessed September 11, 2025
11/8/91
Diesmal möchte ich Sie besonders bitten, edler Freund, mir gütig einige Notizen über
die Culture-Grenzen im nördlichen Sibirien geben zu wollen, da ich solche unter Ihrem
hohen Namen für die neue Ausgabe der "Select plants" verwerthen möchte. Reichen überhaupt
irgend Culturpflanzen oder irgend wilde Industrie-Pflanzen bis zum
allernördlichsten Theil
Sibiriens, also bis über die Breite des Nord Cap Über die
da
vorkommenden u möglichen Culturen habe ich einige Notizen aus Norwegen — Indessen
wird die Küste Norwegens ja weit hinauf durch den "Golf-Strom" im Clima milder gemacht,
als dies unter denselben Breitengraden im östlichen Asien sein kann.
Ich fürchte, Sie in Ihrer vielseitigen Güte doch oft vernachlässigt zu haben, aber
ich finde es oft unmöglich all das Erforderliche zu bezwingen
Immer Ihr
Ferd. von Mueller
11/8/91
This time I specially want to ask you, noble friend, to be so kind as to provide me
with some notes on the cultivation limits in northern Siberia, as I would like to
utilize them for the new edition of the "Select plants" under your great name. Do
any cultivated plants or any native plants used for industrial purposes grow as far
as the
northern-most part
of Siberia, that is above the latitude of the North Cape?
I have a few notes about the present and possible cultivations
there
from Norway. But then the coast of Norway is made milder in climate far up by the
"Gulf Stream" than is possible under the same latitudes in eastern Asia.
1
The next edition of M's Select plants was B91.09.01, published just over a month after the date of this letter. That edition
has the same references to Siberia as the preceding one, B88.12.01. The following edition, B95.08.04, has only one more reference to Siberia, on the authority
of 'Dr. Rosenthal', concerning Caragana arborescens, native to Siberia and 'reaching to 70° North', that is, to just south of the latitude
of North Cape, Norway, which is 71°10' North.
I fear that I have often neglected you in your abundant kindness, but I often find
it impossible to manage everything that is demanded of me.
Always your
Ferd. von Mueller