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From Ferdinand von Mueller to the California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences   [Jan 1873]1

[We are greatly indebted to Baron Von Meuller,2 Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Melbourne, Australia,3 for a superior collection of Rare Seeds found in that region, many of them of wonderful beauty as Trees and Shrubs—a sketch of them hereafter.4]

1

Letter not found. The text given here is from ‘Editor’s Chair’, ‘California farmer and journal of useful sciences, 20 February 1873, p. 88. The letter is dated to early January 1873 as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been announced in this issue of the newspaper.

A very similar item appeared in the issue of 27 February, p. 44, which may have been a repeat of information from the same letter:

We are under great obligations to Baron Von Meuller (sic), of Melbourne, the distinguished Botanist and Director of the Gardens of Melbourne, for a collection of New and Rare Seeds, many never before introduced into our State and some new to other States.

Also, for a collection of valuable Papers, for which favors we are truly grateful.

2

Mueller.

3

The Melbourne Botanic Gardens were not granted the epithet ‘Royal’ until 1958.

4

Further mention of these shrubs and trees has not been found.

Please cite as “FVM-73-01-00a,” 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/73-01-00a