7/5/80.
Besten Dank, lieber Herr Holtze, dass Sie meiner in ihrem Rapport so freundlich gedacht. Ihre Administration macht Ihnen alle Ehre, und wird zu schönen Resultaten führen.
Anbei frische Samen von 3 der besten Chinin-Pflanzen. Vielleicht ist das Clima dort zu trocken u zu heiss für solche Gebirgs Pflanzen, jedoch kann ein Versuch damit ja nicht schaden. Geschützte Lage wäre für diese Cinchonen dort wünschenswert.
Mit bestem Grusse
Ferd. von Mueller.
Beachten Sie dort auch gütig Pilze aller Art. Auch alle Eucalypten empfehle ich Ihrer freundlichen Beobachtung, da mir einige Arten dort erst unvollkommen bekannt sind, u nach dem bisher vorliegenden Material in meinen Euc. Atlas nicht aufgenommen werden können.
Den plötzlichen Tod des armen Dr Scheffer werden auch Sie beklagen.
7 May 1880.
Best thanks, dear Mr Holtze, for mentioning me so kindly in your Report.1 Your administration does you credit and will bring good results.
Enclosed fresh seeds of the three best quinine plants. Perhaps the climate is too dry and too hot there for such mountain plants; however, giving them a try can't do any harm. A protected position would be desirable there for these Cinchonae.
With best greetings
Ferd. von Mueller.
Please be so kind and take note of any fungi there. I also commend all eucalypts to your kind observation, as several species from there are only imperfectly known to me, and with the representative material available so far they cannot be included in my Eucalyptus Atlas.2
You, too, will be mourning the sudden death of poor Dr Scheffer.3
Cinchona
The report on the state of the Fanny Bay Experimental Nursery, dated 1 March 1880, was addressed to the Government Resident in Palmerston (NT). It was published in the South Australian press; see e.g. South Australian register, 27 April 1880, p. 6. Holtze acknowledged assistance from other gardens:
I have already a good collection of tropical fruit-trees, most of which are doing very well. For the most of them I am indebted to the repeated presents of Dr. Scheffer, Director of the Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens in Java, to whom our thanks are due. I cannot forget to mention the many presents received from Dr. Schomburgk and Baron Ferdinand von Müeller, as well as the kindness of Mr. W. Hill, of the Brisbane Botanical Gardens, in supplying us with the cane for planting.
Eucalyptographia. Publication began in 1879 (B79.13.11) and continued until decade 10, 1884 (B84.11.02).
Rudolf Scheffer, the director of the botanic garden at Buitenzorg, Java, died suddenly on 9 March 1880.
Please cite as “FVM-80-05-07,” 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