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Ferdinand von Mueller to Gartenflora, 1894-06 [94.06.00d]. 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/1890-6/1894/94-06-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 10, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Australis c hes', Gartenflora , vol. 43 (1894), pp. 472-3. It is dated to late June as the latest that it could have been sent to be included in the second of two issues for August (Issues are not dated, but the structure is consistent and this is the 16th of 24 issues for the year). The item is signed 'Tr', who has not been identified.
[Der Freundlichkeit unseres berühmten Landsmannes bei den Antipoden, des Barons Ferdinand von Müller in Melbourne, verdanken wir einige australische D rucksachen. So eine Nummer des "Queenscliff Sentinal " mit einem Berichte über die dortige B lumenschau am 25. November 1893.... Die zweite Drucksache ist eine Nummer des "Victorian Naturalist", einer kleinen Zeitschrift für den süd-australischen Naturfreund.... ]
[ We owe some Australian printed matter to the kindness of our famous compatriot at the antipodes, Baron Fe rdinand von Muller in Melbourne. One is a number of the "Oueenscliff Sentinal" with a report on the local flower show on 25 November 1893. ... The second printed item is a number of the "Victorian Naturalist", a small journal for southern Australian naturalists.... ]
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The article includes comments on the report of the flower show and summarizes an item by M in the issue of the Victorian Na t uralist which, from the names of species involved, must have been B93.04.02. The article concludes:
Auch erfahren wir, dass Herr von Müller von einer Anzahl europäischer, meist französischer Gesellschaften zum Ehrenmitgliede und Directeur gewählt wurde. Das darf uns um so mehr freuen, da wir wissen, dass unsere Fachgenossen jenseits der Vogesen deutsche Gründlichkeit und deutsche Kenntnisse auch dann zu schätzen wissen, wenn dieselben ihnen nicht auf dem Umwege über Australien geboten werden.
[We also learn that Mr. von Müller has been elected honorary member and director by a number of European, mostly French, societies. This is all the more gratifying given that we know our colleagues beyond the Vosges mountains appreciate German thoroughness and German expertise even when these are not offered to them via Australia.]
The flower show was held on 18 November 1893 and reported in the Queenscliff sentinel on 25 November 1893, p. 1.