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From William Shann to Ferdinand von Mueller   25 June 1880

Botanical Reserve

Bowen

Port Denison

Queensland

June 25 /80

To the Baron V. Mueller

Sir

I beg to submit to you the seeds and specimens you require. The grasses are not nothing like what they were a few months ago. I will send you my whole collection to be named.

And at the close of the Exhibition1 you may2 the whole or any part of the collection and keep them for any purpose you may require.

I will number them all and keep a duplicate so that you may send me the names for the next collection I may make.

Thanking you for past favour I will gather anything specimens of Fungi Sedges as you require at my earliest opportunity and forward them to you.

I beg to remain Sir

Yours obediently

Wm Shann

1

International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1880-1. Shann exhibited 60 varieties of Queensland grass seeds, for which he received a 'Second order of merit' certificate (International Exhibition (1880-1881: Melbourne) (1882), p. 407.

2

Word omitted?

Please cite as “FVM-80-06-25,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/80-06-25