Dr. Mueller desires to render it generally known that for the completion of the works now under publication on Australian Plants, it is of importance to secure from any part of Australia dried plants in flower or fruit of any kind, to ascertain the range of the species over the country. If numbered duplicates are sent the names will be furnished. Small packages could be sent successively by post.
Letter not found. The text given here is from Australasian, 11 May 1867, p. 608 (B67.05.03). The notice appeared regularly in the Australasian from 11 May to 21 September 1867. It is not known whether this was a paid advertisement, or inserted by the proprietors.
Please cite as “FVM-67-05-00p,” 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