To James Barnard   31 March 1882

31/3/82

 

This day, dear Mr Barnard, I received a letter from Mr Spong, in which he directs my attention to a map by Mr Scott,1 issued very many years ago as I had heard before, on the then survey through King's Island; in this document is mentioned the occurrence of a lot of plants, characteristic of the fern-tree gullies in the Southern portion of the island. If you could kindly procure a tracing of this map and send me a proof-slip of my article on the King's Island vegetation,2 I could make the necessary additions.

I have offered to Mr Henry Graves, to whom I was referred as living in the S. part of King's Island by Mr Spong, that I would pay to him also £2 pr 100 spec of plants, & thus I may get a more complete insight into the Flora of the island. Can you for similar purposes give me the adress of any one on Flinders's Island & also the islets near it? When will the next part of the R.S.'s papers3 appear?

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.4

1
James Reid Scott.
2
B82.13.14. No such additions appeared in the paper as published.
3
Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.
4
M's letter was read at the monthly meeting of the Royal Society's Council on 4 April 1882 (RSA/A/5), minute book). On 11 April, Barnard minuted: 'Will Mr Hull kindly enable me to reply to these inquiries from Baron Von Mueller in the passages marked with pencil? J. Barnard, Hon. Secy.11.4.82'. George Lovett on behalf of H. J. Hull replied on 20 April: 'Tracing of Kings Island herewith forwarded as requested — I cannot give the name of any person residing on Flinders Island; — portions of the Island are occupied for pastoral purposes, — there is a resident Schoolmaster residing on Cape Barren Island who could possibly furnish information respecting occupants of Flinders — Geo. J. Lovett, pro H. J. Hull absent, 20/4/82'.

Please cite as “FVM-82-03-31,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/82-03-31