To Julian Tenison Woods   15 May 1858

Melbourne bot Garden,

15. May 1858.

My dear Mr Woods.

I feel much pleasure to inform you, that at the last meeting of our Institute you were duely elected by unanimous vote an ordinary member1 —, and I hope to be hereafter able to elevate you into the rank of the hon. members. The Rev. Mr Bleasdale & myself have been your sponsors.

You will pardon me for being so brief this time. Shall I send the transactions to Guichen Bay & what is the best manner of transit?

Receive the best wishes for your welfare from your attached

Ferd. Mueller

 

Should you without trouble be able to secure me a dozend good specimens of Corethrostylis Schulzenii I should feel very much gratified

 

Corethrostylis Schulzenii

 
1
Tenison Woods was elected an ordinary member of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria, 26 May 1858. See Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (1859) p. viii.

Please cite as “FVM-58-05-15,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/58-05-15