To James Agnew1    25 December 1879

Christmas 1879.

 

Herewith, dear Dr Agnew, I send you a list of 23 Algae, which were examined from a small collection, made by Mr F. Campbell2 on my request during his stay in the New Hebrides. The elaboration of these oceanic plants, the first recorded from that group, is by Dr W. O. Sonder, who since fully 40 years has been an eminent author on this tribe of vegetation, who still makes phycology a favorite study and who can bring an almost unrivalled experience to bear on their elucidation. As Dr Sonder is a honorary member of the Tasmanian Royal Society, I have thought it but right, to offer these notes of his preferentially to your journal

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.3

 

Algae

of the new Hebrides, collected by F. Campbell Esqr and examined by Dr W. O. Sonder of Hamburg, Hon. Memb Roy. Soc. Tasm4

1
MS annotation: 'Ackd 2/1/80'; see J. Agnew to M, 2 January 1880.
2
Frederick Campbell.
3
At the meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania held on 13 April 1880, 'The Secretary read "A Description of 22 Species of Algae, from the New Hebrides", by Dr. W. O. Sonder, of Hamburg, a Corresponding Member of the Society. This paper was communicated by Baron von Mueller.'; see Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1881, p. 2. See also Sinkora (1981).
4
This is followed by a-four-page MS list of names and descriptions.

Please cite as “FVM-79-12-25b,” 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 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/79-12-25b