The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 23/5/93. ¶ ¶ This time, noble friend, I am just writing to ascertain whether the ¶ alpine lichens ¶ (from Mt Erika ¶ ) that I sent you at the beginning of this year have proved to be remarkable. I ...

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Darlingtonia
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Jean Müller, 1893-05-23. 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/93-05-23>, accessed September 11, 2025

23/5/93.

Diesmal, edler Freund, schreibe ich nur, um zu erfahren, ob die Alpen-Flechten (von Mt Erika) welche ich im Beginn dieses Jahres an Sie absandte sich als merkwürdig erwiesen haben. Ich veranlasste meine beiden Assistenten diesen (5 Monate im Jahr mit Schnee begipfelten) Berg zu ersteigen, voraus sehend, dass sich keine neue Vascular Pflanzen zeigen würden, so dass sich das Interesse an die Evasculares knüpft.

Ich denke, Sie werden mir freundlichst ausschreiben, wie Sie die vertheilen würden. Ich habe die neben und gestellt. Der Same von Darlington. selbst bis zu seinem grossen Embryo ist ganz wie bei .

Ich werde Ihnen den Druck meiner Rede senden, die ich zum Andenken an Alph. D.C. vor unserem Feld-Naturalisten Club gab vor 2 Wochen als dessen Patron. Ein rührender letzter Brief von dem grossen Todten kam an mich, dadirt von mitte März, nach fast 40 jähriger Correspondenz.

Sie ehrend der Ihre

Ferd. von Mueller.

Ich stelle jetzt die (minus , die nahe den Geraniaceen ( nach Baillon) steht nahe .

23/5/93.

This time, noble friend, I am just writing to ascertain whether the alpine lichens (from Mt Erika

Mt Erica, Vic.

) that I sent you at the beginning of this year have proved to be remarkable. I arranged for both my assistants to climb this mountain (topped with snow five months of the year), foreseeing that no new vascular plants would show up so that the interest is connected to the evasculars.

I am thinking you will kindly write out for me how you would divide the . I have put the together with , and . The seed of Darlington.

even down to its large embryo, is quite like that in .

I will send you the printing of my speech that I gave at the commemoration of Alphonse de Candolle before our Field Naturalists' Club two weeks ago as its patron.

B93.06.04. Candolle died on 4 April 1893.

A touching last letter from the great deceased came to me, dated from the middle of March,

See A. de Candolle to M, 17 March 1893.

after almost 40 years of correspondence.

Respectfully your

Ferd. von Mueller

I now place the (minus , which stands near the (Floerkea according to Baillon) near .

M was thinking about a planned third edition of his Systematic census of Australian plants, and the systematic arrangement he would use in it. The edition was never completed. See M to J. Müller, 18 April 1893, and notes thereto.