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Laboratoire de Cryptogamie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Correspondance scientifique d'É. Bornet, lettres adressées à É. Bornet. MS 539, no. 2096. 95.09.14

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Édouard Bornet, 1895-09-14. 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/1890-6/1895/95-09-14-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

14/9/95.
It was my intention, dear Dr Bornet, to send you some prepared and named Algs from Mr J Br Wilsons recent collection; but I find that he has now obtained but few duplicates, so that I could only forward a set of 137 to Prof Cornu. As many of these same species will however be already in the "Herbier" from former sendings of mine, I have asked our generous friend to let you have any of the species, which he received before.
You will have received latterly annual sendings of crude Algs, crisply dried from me, and I trust that on preparing these you found many among them new to your own collection. I will continue to send you rough material from time to time as I may be able to obtain it.
With regardful and grateful remembrance your
Ferd. von Mueller
By last mail I was honored with an invitation to the grand centennial celebration of the Institut.
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Invitation not found. The Institut de France was founded 25 October 1795.
This day I have expressed to the venerable and illustrious President and Secretairs my homage and greeting in a lengthened letter written in your own beautiful language.
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Letter not found.
It is however with regret that I cannot enjoy the privilege to pay personally my profound respects to the Institut on this festive occasion, as I cannot leave my post here at this rural season. I shall however be in soul and thought with you those joyful days. Pray convey my felicitation also orally to all those with whom you will amidst these elevating pleasures come into personal contact.
Among the Guests you will meet also my celebrated friend Prof Ferd. Cohn.
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Ferdinand Cohn, professor of botany at Breslau, was elected a Corresponding Member of the Botany section of the Institut on 18 July 1895, a week after M.
He is immeasurably gratified just as myself at his recent election.
I hope my letters of Thanks to Prof Chatin, Prof Van Tieghin and all other supporters did […]
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illegible. The text treated here as a postscript may be a fragment of a separate letter, as it occupies a full sheet, and does not begin on the half sheet left blank below the signature.