To Asa Gray   25 March 1884

25/3/84

 

In the publication of the Linnéan Society of New South Wales, dear Professor Gray, I have given notes on Linnaeus name from a recent communication of Prof J. Agardh of Lund.1 The great Naturalist wrote his name himself Linné, after he was ennobled by the King of Sweden, even putting it thus on the title page of some of his last printed writings. In Denmark and Germany it is always written Linné from my own knowledge; and I believe the same is the case in most European states.

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.

B84.13.23, quoting a letter from J. Agardh to M, 11 October 1883. See also M to A. Gray, 25 August 1883.

Please cite as “FVM-84-03-25,” 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 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/84-03-25