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From Grace Lewellin to Ferdinand von Mueller   29 May 1885

29th May /85

Prahran1

Dear Baron von Mueller

As you kindly said you would forward the Eucalypt leaves which I have skeletonized to Sir J. Lubbock, for his lectures “On the forms of leaves” I shall think it very kind of you to send these few specimens which I trust may be of interest to the Linnean Society.2 If you can send me some more Eucalypt or other leaves I shall be very pleased to skeletonize them for scientific purposes. The cards I sent were fixed in a glass case. Some of the paper still adheres to them at the back: it would injure the leaves to take them off the cards.

With kind remembrances from all our family circle

I remain

Yours Sincerely

Grace E Lewellin

I have named the leaves as well as I could remember yr. kind instructions If not correct will you kindly alter them.

In haste excuse this hurried note.

Eucalyptus

1

Melbourne.

2

The leaves were exhibited at a meeting of the Linnean Society of London on 5 November 1885 (Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, session 1885-86, p. 117). The text includes a paraphrase of M to J. Hooker, 30 May 1885.

Please cite as “FVM-85-05-29c,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/85-05-29c