From Daniel Ploos van Amstel1    28 February 1873

Consulaat Generaal den Nederlanden voor Australie, Nieuw Zeeland, en Tasmanie.

Melbourne 28 Febry 1873

 

His Majesty the King of the Netherlands having expressed a desire to obtain a few specimens of the

Alsofilla's2 or Australian Ferntree

I have the honor to request your kind assistance in obtaining the desired plants.

I also beg to inform you that His Majesty is prepared to go to any expense, desiring to have the best specimen of this tree in Europe in H. M. Gardens.

I have the honor to be

dear Sir

your obedient Servant

Daniel Ploos van Amstel

H.N.M. Vice Consul General

 

To the Baron von Mueller

Director of the Botanic Gardens

Melbourne3

 

Alsofilla

 
1
See also M to J. Casey, 27 February 1873 (in this edition as 73-02-27a).
2
Alsophila ?
3
See also M to J. Casey, 2 April 1873.

Please cite as “FVM-73-02-28a,” 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 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/73-02-28a