The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Paris, 10 July 1896 ¶ Dear Sir, ¶ ¶ I have received the two little boxes containing the eggs you have been so obliging as to send me for our Museum collection ¶ ¶

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Physical location:

Archives Nationales, Paris, MS AJ/15/67, f. 350. 96.07.10

Preferred Citation:

Alphonse Milne-Edwards to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1896-07-10. 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/1890-6/1896/96-07-10-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text is taken from a letter-copy book kept by the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Paris, le 10 Juillet 1896

Cher Monsieur,

J’ai reçu les deux petites boîtes contenant les oeufs que vous avez eu l’obligeance de m’envoyer pour notre collection du Muséum — J’en ai trouvé un grand nombre fort intéressants pour nos Galeries et je vous suis très reconnaissant d’enricher ainsi notre Etablissement.

Agréez, Cher Monsieur, l’expression de mes sentiments très distingués,

Le Directeur du Muséum,

Monsieur le Baron Von Mueller, Directeur du Jardin Botanique de Melbourne. (Australie).

Paris, 10 July 1896

Dear Sir,

I have received the two little boxes containing the eggs you have been so obliging as to send me for our Museum collection — I found a large number of them very interesting for our galleries and I very much appreciate your thus enriching our institution.

M sent more than one collection of eggs to Paris in 1896. These may have been in the general collections for the Museum announced in M to A. Milne-Edwards, 21 March 1896 as planned to be sent on the Armand Behic. The vessel left Melbourne on 28 March 1896 (Age (Melbourne) 30 March p. 4) and arrived in Marseilles on 26 April (Age (Melbourne) 29 April, p. 5). The next surviving letter, M to A. Milne-Edwards, 13 June 1896, mentions the March Armand Behic sailing as well as announcing another set of eggs to be sent. Those were probably those men tioned in M to A. Milne-Edwards, 27 July 1896, as being sent by mail, and acknowledged as received in A. Milne-Edwards to M, 1 September 1896.

I am, Dear Sir, with the greatest respect,

The Director of the Museum,

Baron Von Mueller, Director of the Botanic Garden of Melbourne. (Australia).