25 Nov. 72
My dear Dr Mueller
I am sending you a box with seeds of our forest trees as I promised last year.1 I have had these collected by one of my assistants. They are all packed in tin cases and I hope will arrive at their destination safely and in good condition. With the seeds I have also sent a number of saplings. Should the experiment prove successful, and you wish me to do so, I shall have much pleasure in sending you another and larger consignment next year. The box will leave thus on Thursday to the care of your London Agents Blackith & Co Lower Thames Street. I shall write requesting them to forward the box with as little delay as possible. I have just recd a letter from my old colleague Newbery2 which I hope to answer in a few days.
Please remember me kindly to all old friends and believe me
Very sincerely yours
Alfred R. C. Selwyn
Your late Chemical assistant Mr Hoffman3 is now in our Laboratory.
Selwyn's letter press copy book includes (vol. 76, p. 52) a letter to M dated 20 January 1872 that may be what Selwyn is referring to here. However, apart from the date and the salutation 'My dear Dr Mueller', the text of the letter is now completely illegible due to the ink spreading into the paper.
James Cosmo Newbery.
George Christian Hoffmann.
Please cite as “FVM-72-11-25,” 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