11/11/79
It is now more than 20 years ago, dear Mr Shillinglaw, that the notice of Rob Brown occurred in the Gardeners chronicle from Sir Joseph Hooker, indeed it was in 1858.1 If after so long a time I can find the number, I will send it to you. As you have the splendid lithogram of R Brown the poor little woodcut2 seems to me of no earthly use to you; but I can supplement the biographic notes of Hooker.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
The authors of the two obituaries for Robert Brown (1773-1858) in the Gardeners' chronicle of 1858, the details of which follow, are not identified. The editor of the journal at the time was John Lindley.
'Dr. Robert Brown, D.C.L., F.R.S., Foreign Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of France.' Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette, 19 June 1858, pp. 493-4.
'The late Robert Brown, L.L.D., F.R.S., &c.' Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette, 18 September 1858, p. 701, continued in issue for 2 October 1858, pp. 732-3.
See M to J. Shillinglaw, 14 April 1879 (in this edition as 79-04-14b); the lithogram has not been identified.
Please cite as “FVM-79-11-11c,” 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