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From James Edgar to Ferdinand von Mueller   23 Sep 1886

Botanic Gardens

Rockhampton1

Sept 23rd 1886

My Dear Baron

I enclose shipping note2 for the case of fossils mentioned in my last.3 in a small bag in it you will find a seed sent me by one of the Government surveyors, who picked it up some four or five hundred mile inland4 from here. he is very anxious to know the name of it. will you be kind enough to furnish me with it and I will forward it to him

yours faithfully

J. S. Edgar

1

Qld.

2

Enclosure not found.

3

Letter not found.

4

inland is underlined in pencil and annotated by M: 'north?'

5

MS found with a specimen of Cerbera dumicola (MEL 1515485). MS annotation by M: 'Answ. 11/12/86. F.v.M.' Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-86-09-23,” 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/86-09-23