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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1891-1896, f. 66. 94.07.16

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1894-07-16. 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/1890-6/1894/94-07-16-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

16/7/94
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Date stamped: Royal Gardens Kew 20 AUG 94.
It is very gratifying to me, dear Dr Dyer, to receive an other part of the grand series of the “icones plantarum”,
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Volume 24, part 1 of Oliver (1891-5) was published in May 1894.
which brings again a number of rare plants before us all, which otherwise most of us would only know from description
I am beholden to Prof Oliver and yourself for giving also the a place - for otherwise very few would ever know what it was like, for it is sharing the fate of the Dodo.
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See M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 1 January 1894. A drawing of D. scheurmanni was published in Oliver (1891-5), vol. 24, plate 2303.
With regardful remembrance your
Ferd. von Mueller.