In elaborating Alpine plants consummate care is needed to trace their mutual connection with other Alp plants. …1 You seem to have found a fern-tree in a higher region than that occupied by any other arborescent fern, though it may only have occurred there in a dwarfed state.
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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'New Guinea Specimens', Brisbane courier, 8 August 1889. p. 5 (B89.08.02). The extract is introduced by '… we understand that a large number of rare and in some cases hitherto unknown botanical, entomological, and other specimens have been brought to Brisbane by Sir William Macgregor, who has transmitted them to various experts for classification. The flora obtained has been sent to that distinguished scientist Baron Von Mueller, who in a recent communication remarks as follows:—'. See also M to W. MacGregor, 5 August 1889 (in this edition as 89-08-05a).
Please cite as “FVM-89-08-00a,” 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