16/6/89
I am greatly beholden to you, dear Mr Turner for sending me the notes on utilitarian plants, hardy at Sydney and at Brisbane. These data are as valuable to me as Mr Edgar's1 from Rockhampton. They shall be utilized under your honored name for the 8th Edition of the "Select plants",2 which edition — I trust — will appear by the end of 1890. If therefore at any time you should think of any other plants, concerning which remarks should be given in the next edition, then kindly let me have your further information
Your notes, accompanied by the woodcuts, are also very interesting. I presume, that some booksellers in Sydney have the "Select plants" for sale. As the book is so very cheap, it should find purchasers to a wide extent.
With regardful remembrance
your Ferd. von Mueller
Please cite as “FVM-89-06-16,” 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