Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M14, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 94.09.19

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Joseph Maiden to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-09-19. 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/1890-6/1894/94-09-19-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS bears letter head of the Technological Museum, Sydney. Maiden's file copy of this letter is in the library, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM, SYDNEY.
TELEPHONE No. 1558
MEMO. from the CURATOR to
19th Sept: 1894
Dear Baron von Mueller,
I send you the Olearia or
Aster

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which I believe to be new, and which bears a strong superficial resemblance to O. erubescens . You will however notice that it has strictly opposite leaves.
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This sending was among those recorded in a list of packages despatched by the Museum (MRS 105, [Parcels posted and forwarded], Powerhouse Museum, Sydney). Letters have not been found corresponding to the following additional despatches recorded as having been sent to M: in 1894, parcels described as 'Bot spec', sent on 9 July, 20 July and 7 August, and a parcel listed as 'Grasses', sent on 28 September; in 1895, parcels listed as "'Bot spec' sent on 28 February, 27 March, 5 April and 20 November, and a consignment on 3 December described as 'Plant'; and in 1896, one parcel sent on 21 April, listed as 'Bot spec'.
I enclose my descriptive notes
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Enclosed notes not found.
of the plant & shall be glad to learn if you agree with me that it is a new species.
Yours Sincerely,
J. H. Maiden.