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From Eva Bowkett to Ferdinand von Mueller   17 Jan 1890

Herberton

N. Queensland

Jan 17th /90

Dear Sir

I write to give you very many thanks for the book on Tropical Plants1 which you so kindly sent and also for your good wishes so kindly expressed. The packet arrived safely together with the flower seeds for which I am grateful

I enclose two specimens, a hibiscus and another like a begonia. The heavy rains & floods have prevented me from collecting lately.

You have, dear Sir, been so kind in giving me names of plants and in other ways that I would like to ask you if you would write your name in my Birthday Book. I have asked Mr French,2 who has it, to send it to you and will be honoured if you will inscribe your name in it

Hoping to send you more specimens soon, when I intend collecting more largely I am

Sir

Yours very truly

Eva. F. Bowkett

Wishing you many Happy New Years.

1

Almost certainly an error for 'extratropical', the most recent edition of which was B88.12.01.

2

Probably Charles French Snr, who until transferring to the Department of Agriculture as Government Entomologist a few months earlier had been M's senior assistant in the herbarium.

Please cite as “FVM-90-01-17,” 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/90-01-17