Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M38, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 92.10.09

Preferred Citation:

William MacDonald to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1892-10-09. 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/1890-6/1892/92-10-09-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Endiandra sieberi (MEL 80339), collected by MacDonald at Kempsey, 9 October 1892.
Kempsey,
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NSW.
October
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MacDonald left a space for the date but did not include it. MS dated on the basis of when MacDonald indicated he collected the enclosed specimen.
1892
My Dear Baron
Kindly name the specimens numbered in the margin so far as possible from their imperfections A Corkwood,
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Numbered in the margin as No 190.
habitat sandy flats along the coast, height 80 ft rough Cork bark, fruit a drupe, blue when ripe […]
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MS appears to have been cut off; an unknown amount of text missing.
190
A Corkwood from Sandy flats along the coast, fruit a drupe or blue fruited berry
Wm McD
Kempsey
9.10.92
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190 … 9.10.92 is written on a separate fragment of paper that presumably accompanied the specimen.