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Bibliothèque des Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva. 95.09.17a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Casimir de Candolle, 1895-09-17 [95.09.17a]. 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/1890-6/1895/95-09-17a-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

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Even though it begins on a separate sheet with its own date, this may be a continuation of M to C. de Candolle, 16 September 1895 (in this edition as 95-09-16a).
17/9/95
It is very pleasing to learn, that the record of the Flora of the World
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Candolle, A. L. P. P. de (1878-96)?
makes such quick and varied progress. I still add frequently to the data of the geographic distribution of the , as, as
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word repeated .
new material from my many amateur-collectors comes in from the interior regions of Australia.
Kindly tell me, as you are overwhelmed with contributions of monographies, whether 1896 would be a good year for me to finish off my manuscript on for you. Would you reexamine the South African genus, which B & H put into ,
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Oftia ; see Bentham & Hooker (1862-83), vol. 2, pp. 1123-6.
and which it is impossible to retain in it I like very much to know where you would place it.
very regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller
I get many specimens of giving new localities, but very rarely any, which represent marked varieties and hardly any new real species.