[Herr Dr. Müller hat mir die beifolgenden beiden Drucksachen für Sie gesandt, die ich Ihnen hiermit zustelle. Der gute Freund wäre kürzlich bald in Folge einer Erkältung die er sich beim Suchen nach Wasserpflanzen zugezogen, gestorben. Nachher hätte er bald seine Stelle verloren, da alle Deutschen missliebig wurden, weil ein Hannoveraner an der Spitze der Revolution stand. Er hat aber dies Missgeschick auch überwunden und so hoffe ich, dass es ihm auch ferner gut ergehen werde. — Den ersten Report über seine Reisen hat Müller unvorsichtigerweise einem nach Europa reisenden Kaufmann mitgegeben, der ihn aber nicht abgeliefert hat, es thut mir leid, dass auch ein für Sie bestimmtes Exemplar dabei war.
Ich bin noch für die beiden Hefte der Linnaea bei Ihnen in der Schuld, will diese aber erst noch vergrössern, bevor ich sie abtrage. Dr. Müller schreibt mir, er wünsche den ganzen Jahrgang der Linnaea von 1853 bis 1854 zu erhalten. Von Band X habe ich Heft IV u V liegen, möchten Sie die Güte haben u mir das Uebrige davon zuschicken u dann den Preis anzugeben, den ich Ihnen bald zustellen werde. Wenn es angeht, wäre es mir lieb, die Hefte bis zum 20 oder 21 d. M. hier zu haben, da ich am 22 eine Kiste für Dr. Müller abschicke]
[Dr Mueller has sent me the enclosed two printed items for you, 1 which I send on to you herewith. The good friend would soon have died recently as a result of a cold he caught while looking for water plants.2 Afterwards he would soon have lost his position, as all Germans were unpopular because a Hanoverian was at the head of the revolution.3 However, he has also overcome this misfortune and so I hope that henceforth he will even fare well. — Mueller incautiously gave the first report on his travels to a merchant travelling to Europe, but he has not delivered it; 4 I'm sorry that a copy intended for you was also included.
I am still in debt to you for the two parts of Linnaea, but I will add to it first before I repay it. Dr Mueller writes me that he would like to receive the entire volume of Linnaea from 1853 to 1854. I have parts IV and V of volume X.5 Would you be so kind as to send me the rest of them and then let me know the price, which I will send you soon. If it is possible, I would appreciate it if you could have the issues here by the 20th or 21st of this month, because I am sending off a box for Dr Mueller on the 22nd.]
Printed items not identified.
M contracted a severe chill, which he later described as 'gastrischem Fieber' [gastric fever], during the latter stages of his recent expedition into the Victorian Alps; see M to F. Krichauff, 9 March 1855, and M to W. Haines, 10 March 1855.
The Eureka rebellion. The Hanoverian leader was Friedrich Wern. See Wehner (2017), pp. 51-5. The threat to M's position had little if anything to do with the rebellion but was financial, with major cut-backs proposed in government expenditure, including its various scientific services.
B55.01.01? Merchant not identified.
Volume 26 of the complete series; numbering started anew with volume 17, when the alternative title Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde was added to the original Linnaea. Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange. Part V was issued in May 1855 (see TL2). The volume contained nine articles continuing the 'Plantae Muellerianae' series.
Extracted from W. Sonder to D. von Schlechtendal, 11 July 1851, a version of which was published in Tkach et al. (2022), Brief 27.
Please cite as “FVM-55-00-00a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on