From Edward Ramsay1    15 January 1878

AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM SYDNEY.

Jan. 15 /1878

The Baron Ferd Von Mueller

 

My dear Baron Mueller

Very many thanks for yr kind letter,2 which I will reply to in full in a few days I have written about the Palm3 I send a man up there about 4 mo4 ago but he has not sent me any yet, there are two Corypha like Palms at Dalyrymples Gap5 but only one has red fruit

I will call on the Commodore about New Guinea —

With many kind regards believe me

yours very truly

E. P. Ramsay

 

P.S.

Will you kindly send me the name of the Enclosed plant if not too [buisy]

EPR

 

Corypha

1
MS annotation by M: 'Answ 22/1/78'. See M to E. Ramsay, 22 January 1878.
2
Ramsay's reference to 'the Commodore' suggests that he is replying to M's letter of 8 January 1878.
3
See M to E. Ramsay, 3 January 1878.
4
months.
5
Near Rockingham Bay, Qld.

Please cite as “FVM-78-01-15,” 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 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/78-01-15