To William Hooker   21 July 1857

Melbourne bot. Garden

21. July 1857

My dear Sir William

With these lines I beg to introduce to you a particular friend of mine Mr P. Ramel, a gentleman, who always evinced a great taste for horticulture and one of the frequent visitors of this establishment.

Mr Ramel is kind enough to take charge of small parcel of specimens destined for Kew.

I have to acknowledge the reciept of your very kind letter gratulating to the safe return from our enterprise.1

I had a very kind note from Sir Henry Barkly yesterday2 and his Excellency will I believe communicate to you with the mail and also forward a set of botanical manuscript with the despatch bag, which was not ready at Mr Ramels leaving and which to finish I shall be obliged to work all night.

With expression of my veneration to you, I remain,

my dear Sir William,

your most attached

servant

Ferd. Mueller

 

Sir W. Hooker, K.H.

&c &c &c3

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MS address: 'Sir Will. Hooker, K.H., K.B, | D.C.L., F.R.S., V. P.L.S. &c &c &c, | Director of the Royal | Gardens of Kew | near | London.'

Please cite as “FVM-57-07-21b,” 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 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/57-07-21b