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By this mail, dear Mr Carruthers, I send you a set of the ferns collected by Sir Will Macgregor in the ascent of the Owen Stanley's ranges.1 The specimens are not in a good state; but all such material had to be carried in empty provision-bags from the steep declivities through the wet jungles. I prepared here the specimens in the best way I could.
Simultaneously I have forwarded a set of these ferns to Kew, informing Mr Dyer, that you received also a lot, so that you can easily make arrangements there about naming.2 The collection is more of geographic than of phytographic value.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller
Please cite as “FVM-89-07-31a,” 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