Victoria Parade
Maryborough1
Dear Sir
I am delighted to find I have got something at least rare if not new, and I hasten to send all I have yet obtained as they are scarce, besides I have not got any good tubers to them, for all were got nearly the same place on the upper part of elevated quartz-gravel hills — near to where I got 3 other kinds — which I now send — but only able to get the tuber of one (the yellow) I only got the enclosed specimens as yet but may get more elsewhere — This season's tubers were quite immature nearly fluid so I lost them in taking up as the ground is very hard and imbedded with quartz stones.
In conclusion I beg of you not to suppose it was want of courtesy in me not to address you with your well deserved honors. I was not certain & therefore put too little rather than too much
Hoping you may be able to describe the specimens by what I send2
I am Dear Sir
Your obt servnt
J. N. McKibbin
Baron Von Mueller K.C.M.G. M&PhD F.R.S.
Melbourne
P.S.
The Thelymitra are found generally in the same locality as the T. longifolia — the Glossodia — the Caladenia Carnea also Diurus3 &c but No 2 — & A3 — A4 & A5 are not seen by me any other place as yet.
JNM
Caladenia Carnea
Diurus
Glossodia
Thelymitra longifolia
Please cite as “FVM-81-09-00,” 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