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From Ferdinand von Mueller to René Lenormand   27 May 1867

Jardin botanique, Melbourne

27 Mai 67

Je desire particulierement d'introduire içi quelques unes des plus jolies des fleures champetres de l'Europe, pas seulement pour les cultiver dans notre jardin botanique mais aussi pour les placer dans des situations convenables dans nos lagunes, valles de montagnes ou ailleurs. Je vous serais donc tres obligé si vous voudriez avoir la complaisance de me remettre tant des graines (ou plantes vivantes) des espèces suivantes que possibles. vize

Lychnis floscuculi, Lysimachia thyrsiflora, Convalaria biflora, Circaea lutetiana, Paris quadrifolia, Glaux maritima, Butomus umbellatus, Sagittaria, Menyanthes trifoliata, Hottonia palustris, Parnassia, Pinguicula &c &c.

Une collection des differents espèces de Salix et de Rubus me serait aussi tres agréables.

Agréez en avance mes remerçiments et les sentiments les plus distingués du part de

Votre

devoué

Ferd. Mueller

Mons le Professeur

Lenormand

Botanic Garden, Melbourne

27 May 67

I would especially like to introduce here some of the more pretty rural flowers of Europe, not only to cultivate in our botanic garden but also to place them in suitable places such as in our lagoons, mountain valleys or elsewhere. I would thus be much obliged if you would be kind enough to send me as many seeds (or living plants) as possible of the following species. viz

Lychnis floscuculi,1 Lysimachia thyrsiflora, Convalarea2 biflora, Circaea lutetiana, Paris quadrifolia, Glaux maritima, Butomus umbellatus, Sagittaria, Menyanthes trifoliata, Hottonia palustris, Parnassia, Pinguicula, &c &c.

A collection of the different species of Salix and Rubus would also be very welcome.

Please accept in advance my thanks and sentiments of highest regard from

your

devoted

Ferd Mueller

Professor Lenormand

Butomus umbellatus

Circaea lutetiana

Convalarea biflora

Glaux maritima

Hottonia palustris

Lychnis flos cuculi

Lysimachia thyrsiflora

Menyanthes trifoliata

Paris quadrifolia

Parnassia

Pinguicula

Rubus

Sagittaria

Salix

1

flos-cuculi?

2

Convallaria?

3

MS is stamped: 'Faculte des sciences — Botanique — Caen'. The signature on it is M’s but the text is in another hand.

Please cite as “FVM-67-05-27c,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/67-05-27c