No 133
Macquarie St
Sydney
Feby 26th 1883
My dear Sir/
By my friend Mr Ramsay Curator of the Museum, who leaves here for Melbourne on the 3rd prox. en route for England — I send you a small box containing specimens of water plants which I obtained lately on the Lachlan River1 or rather some distance from the River.2 I regret that owing to the dry season the number obtainable was very limited.
During the coming winter I expect to be located for a time in the Barrier Ranges3 near the South Australian boundary and whilst there I will not fail to keep an eye open for any aquatic plants
Many thanks for naming the climbing plant.
I remain my dear Sir
Yours very truly
K H Bennett
NSW.
Ramsay left Sydney for Naples on 2 March on Liguria which arrived in Melbourne on 4 March and 'cleared out' on 6 March 1883 (Age, 5 March 1883, p. 2; Argus, 7 March 1883, p. 4). It is not known whether Ramsay personally delivered the box to M.
NSW.
MS found with specimens of Limosella curdieana (MEL 2256567). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 10/3/83'. Letter not found.
Please cite as “FVM-83-02-26d,” 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