To William Guilfoyle   3 April 1873

Melbourne bot Garden

3/4/73.

 

As yet, dear Mr Guilfoyle, I have not received the plants you so kindly forwarded according to your letter of the 8th March.1 I merely mention this, that they may not go astray altogether

I am particularly anxious for the Woollsia and the Cadellia monostylis.

Is it the arillus or the seed of the Diploglottis, which is eaten, and what part of the Scarlet Tamarind (specimen not yet arrived) is edible?

It is always good to attach the notes, concerning particular plants, to the specimens themselves, as otherwise here they may become wrongly matched.

As yet my affairs here have not improved. I am anxious to regain my position as that of the administrator of a separate Department as before under the Chief Secretary, whereas it has sunk to a branch establishment under the Agriculture Department of the Lands Office. A clever friend like you will perceive at once, that my Department serves not merely Agriculture, but the Knowledge of plants in every possible direction.

In a few days you will receive the new number of the fragmenta,2 which contains also notes on Epipogium Guilfoyli.3

With best regards

Ferd. von Mueller.

 

Cadellia monostylis

Diploglottis

Epipogium Guilfoyli

Woollsia

1
See M to W. Guilfoyle, 26 March 1873.
2
B73.03.02
3
In B73.03.02, p. 30, M described, but did not formally name, an orchid species collected by Guilfoyle. See also M to W. Guilfoyle, 20 March 1873.

Please cite as “FVM-73-04-03,” 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 18 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/73-04-03