Regio Consolato d'Italia in Melbourne
Melbourne, 2/3/81
Illmo Signore,
Ho l'onore di trasmetterle le semenze di tre specie di pini ed abeti1 (Tannen) dell'Himmalaia, pensando che possa convenire di tentarne la coltura presso le "Tre Fontane" ed io penso mi sarà possibile d'ottener, altre semenze conifere dalle montagne dell'India, per piantagioni presso le insalubri paludi vicino Roma.
Mi sono pure rivolto agli amici scienziati nel Nord America per ottener di là semenze di pini (Tannen) indigeni, imperocchè anche quegli alberi giganteschi potrebbero assere allevati a scopro igienico in prossimità delle paludi pontine, imperocchè le esalazioni di tutti i pini ed abeti (Tannen) distruggo le materie miasmatiche.
Allorchè le semenze negli Stati Uniti saranno raccolte, i miei agenti Sigri. Watson e Skull, in Londra, le manderanno tosto direttamente al Dipartimento di S. E. il Ministro degli Affari Esteri in Roma, dove, io spero, questo invio, per coltura d'esperimento, riescirè gradito.
Con distinta osservanza
Ferd. von Mueller.
Illmo Sig. Marchese A. de Goyzueta
R[egi]o Console d'Italia in Melbourne.
Royal Italian Consulate in Melbourne
Melbourne, 2/3/81
Most illustrious Sir,
I have the honour of transmitting the seeds of three species of pine and fir (Tannen2) of the Himalayas, thinking it might be convenient to try cultivation around the "Tre Fontana"3 and I think it will be possible for me to obtain other conifer seeds from the mountains of India, for plantations in the unhealthy marshes near Rome.
I have also turned to my scientist friends in North America to obtain from there the seeds of indigenous pines (Tannen), since even those gigantic trees could be bred for hygienic purposes in proximity to the pontine marshes, since the exhalations of all the pines and firs (Tannen) destroy the miasmatic matter.
As soon as the seeds in the United States are collected, my agents Messrs Watson and Skull, in London, will promptly send them directly to the Department of His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Rome, where, I hope, this shipment for experimental cultivation will be appreciated.
Respectfully yours
Ferd. von Mueller
Most illustrious Marquis A. de Goyzueta
Royal Italian Consul in Melbourne.
ed abeti interlined before (Tannen), here and below.
The German term for these plants.
Cistercian abbey in the Pontine Marshes near Rome, famously unhealthy due to malaria.
Letter not found. MS is annotated 'Traduzione del Tedesco' [Translation from the German], and is evidently a translation of M's German text into Italian that was prepared in Melbourne for transmission to Rome.
Please cite as “FVM-81-03-02,” 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