30/10/82.
The second parcel of dried plants, dear niece Louise, sent by you, reached me a few days ago. I had only this evening a little leisure to examine them; a few are interesting for locality, and all the specimens well dried, — hence of some little value for interchanges. You will receive one pound sterl. for the two sendings through a postoffice order, which my assistant will take out and despatch to you, when next he comes to Melbourne. Please send a receipt.
The circulars, enclosed herewith,1 you might send to friends further inland, such as would be willing to dry plants there, especially on places where no one collected yet
Any little plants growing on moist mud or floating in lagoons might be particularly rare.
Pray do not send any plants, on which there is neither flower or fruit Mosses and lichens do not occur much in your northern locality; but whatever does occur, would be from thence of particular interest.
I hope you like the place there, From what I remember, merely riding in 1851 through it,2 it is picturesque, because it is hilly.
Let me hope you and your brother are quite well.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
I suppose it is useless to write to you in German.
Please cite as “FVM-82-10-30,” 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