Adelaide, 22. 8. 79.
Dear Sir Ferdinand.
By last mail from England I had the honor of receiving notice of my having been elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society. This is an honor which I appreciate very much I can assure you, and for which I have to tender you my very best thanks.1 I think the more of it from the fact of you — who are so well-known in the Botanical world — having been my proposer. Since my arrival in S. Australia I have received much kindness from you in many ways, the remembrance of which will always afford me very great pleasure indeed. I have again to thank you for your friendship.
I enclose for your inspection, a branchlet — with pods — of our "Box" here (E. eleosa2) and by same post send you specimen of the bark of a matured tree of the same species.
Believe me,
Dear Sir Ferdinand
Yours very truly,
J. E. Brown
Sir Ferd. Mueller.
Government Botanist.
Victoria.
Eucalyptus eleosa
Brown was elected FLS on 1 May 1879. For his nomination certificate, see M to the Linnean Society of London, January 1879 (in this edition as 79-01-00c). See also see R. Kippist to M, 18 September 1879, and M to R. Kippist, 23 November 1879 (in this edition as 79-11-23a).
oleosa? See J. Brown to M, 25 August 1879.
MS found with a specimen of Eucalyptus microcarpa (MEL 1611952). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 31/8/79 FvM'. Letter not found.
Please cite as “FVM-79-08-22,” 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