Goode Island
Thursday Island1
1 Sep. 1881
Dear Sir
Our arrangements for communication are not perfect. I sent the box from here by the S. S. "Glamis Castle" May 11 & your letter of date 24/6/812 only reached me August 10, but I am chancing another lot of seaweed & other plants, which I hope you will receive in more decent time.
The seeds & plants you remarked, as of some interest, & that you would like to have more of, I will send when they again appear, but at present there are none of them visible; the country having been burnt off & their season, apparently is over for this year, at least til the rains set in.
Did Mr French3 get the bottle of beetles I sent in your box, as I have not heard from him as yet about them. I am yours obediently
Walter D. S. Powell4
Qld. MS annotation by M: '"N. Q." Cook'.
Letter not found.
Charles French Snr.
MS is accompanied by the front part of an apparently unrelated envelope marked: 'OHMS Natural History Specimens. Sir F von Muëller K.C.M.G. &c Botanic Gardens Melbourne Victoria | Goode Island 8/1/83'.
MS found with a specimen of Luisa teretifolia (MEL 2129590). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 21/3/82'. Letter not found.
Please cite as “FVM-81-09-01,” 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