Melbourne botan. & zoolog. Garden,
14 Jan. 1859
My dear Dr Featherstone
For the kind transmission of a Wardian case ful of New Zealand plants, I have to tender you my cordial thanks. The plants arrived in an excellent state and I shall not fail to act according to your request & furnish his Excellency2 with a share of them. Having only just returned from an exploratory-journey to our alps, I had not sufficient time to fill the case for return this time, but I will be happy to do so by the next steamer.
— Enclosed in a box, which I forwarded to Auckland for the Novara Frigatte,3 I put a few pamphlets for you, which I hope arrived, altho' they are perhaps of limited interest to you.
I have hitherto failed to receive any dried pressed specimens of plants from the Chatham Islands. I forwarded some paper for drying them to the missionary about 8 months ago. Unless I am anticipated in this work by the Novara, I should gladly have examined the vegetation of this of the N.Z. dependencies, which probably will be interesting, as being the last island under those latitudes in the S. Sea, until we reach Juan Fernandez.4
With sincere regard,
I remain, dear and honorable Sir,
Your very attached
Ferd. Mueller
The honor. Dr Featherstone M.D.,
&c &c &c
Please cite as “FVM-59-01-14,” 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 29 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/59-01-14