To Edward Ramsay   4 September 1891

4/9/91.

 

The four birds have safely come back, dear Dr Ramsay, and I offer my best thanks for naming them.1 No chance of getting Claudea Bennettiana?2 Can I send you anything from here?

Always regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.

 

Claudea Bennettiana

1
M had sent some New Guinea birds to Ramsay for naming; see M to E. Ramsay, 20 May 1891. See also E. Ramsay to M, September 1891 (in this edition as 91-09-00).
2
M had been pressing Ramsay to collect specimens of this seaweed that included fruiting bodies since 1882; see M to E. Ramsay 22 September 1882 (in this edition as 82-09-22c).

Please cite as “FVM-91-09-04,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/91-09-04