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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Asa Gray   21 Apr 1869

21/4/69

Aware, dear Prof. Asa Gray, that you are staying now at Kew,1 I beg to ask, whether my large box with museum plants and some seeds for you has safely arrived. Perhaps in your prolonged stay from home, it might be desirable, that some one of your friends would unpack the case, and not allow the seeds to loose their vitality.

I have quite a little armee2 of young American Oaks3 & Walnuts now through your generosity & circumspectness.

With highest regards

Ferd. von Mueller.

1

Gray was in Europe, mostly based at Kew, for a year from September 1868.

2

army - M used the German spelling.

3

Many of these American oaks can still be found on the Oak Lawn in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.

Please cite as “FVM-69-04-21,” 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/69-04-21