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From Amy Butler to Ferdinand von Mueller   12 Aug 1889

"Holstein House"

7 The Avenue

Windsor1

To Baron Von Mueller Esqre

P.H. M.D. F.R.S.

Dear Sir

The plant of which you wished seed I now enclose leaves & one seed pod, the frost cut it off, and very little seed was to be found, my old pupil says It resembles white creamy flowers tinged with orange when half blown but when in bud a vivid red giving the plant a singular appearance, grows to 20 feet in height produces flowers all the way up & grows in sheltered spots — An old lady who was in Cuba for many years — says she is under the impression she once saw one very like it there — The other pods are from the Scrub, season too late to judge the kinds of flowers.

Can get seed pod little later on of speckled passion vine leaf, pod bright red with four white stripes, or rather spots forming a stripe.

The shrub with the thorns has a very pretty star like flower sweetly scented.

Trusting I may be enabled to get sub-marine plants at a future time

With Compliments

Believe me Sir

Yours very truly

Amy S. Butler

12th Aug /89.

1

MS annotation by M: 'Vict'.

2

MS found with a specimen of Passiflora sp. (MEL 2234145). There is a printed letterhead comprising the initials 'MSB'. MS annotation by M: 'Answ 18/8/89'. Letter not found. No further details have been found for Amy Butler.

Please cite as “FVM-89-08-12a,” 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/89-08-12a