To Thomas Anderson   30 May 1867

30/5/67

 

This day, dear Prof Anderson, I have shipped to you [pr]1 "Medusa"a case [fu]ll of strong plants [of] Araucaria ex[ce]lsa free of freight [by the] kindness of the [Ca]ptain. Pray return the case filled with [sp]iceplants, Siphonia [el]astica, Dryobalanops [C]amphora, Isonandra [gu]tta, Theobroma Cacao and any other [preeminently]2 useful plant.

Your regardful

Ferd. Mueller

 

I was exceedingly glad to receive the large lot of plants you so generously sent for my State Museum through Mr Kurz. I have shipped to you by this months mail two collections of seeds, chiefly from tropical Australia, in all 82 species I sent also for your Cinchona shelter 2 sp of Eucalyptus in good quantity of seed[.]

I am ornamenting my Lake, for which purpose any Bambusaceae would be a real boon, as I have only B. arundinacea. In my Victoria House I have not yet Euryale

 

Araucaria excelsa

Bambusa arundinacea

Bambusaceae

Cinchona

Dryobalanops

Camphora

Eucalyptus

Euryale

Isonandra gutta

Siphonia elastica

Theobroma Cacao

 
Unless otherwise noted, letters in square brackets indicate text obscured by binding.
Uncertain reading, interlined.

Please cite as “FVM-67-05-30,” 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/67-05-30