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From William MacDonald to Ferdinand von Mueller   4 May 1892

Kempsey,1 May 4th 1892.

My Dear Baron

Sincere thanks for your favor 28.4.922 just received I will send you a proper specimen of the Flindersia soon as obtainable.

Thanks for your suggestion Re book form of wood specimens. I presume pieces about the size of note paper by about 1 inch thick? what size would you suggest? I have a big order from my Depart, for bark and timber specimens three feet by one foot for Chicago3 and may not have time to get up such a collection as you suggest, for Chicago, at any rate such a collection would always be very interesting and I will endeavour to make it perhaps a smaller size would be more convenient?

Yours very Sincerely

Wm MacDonald

Baron Von Mueller

K.C.M.G

Melbourne.

1 Specimen Nephelium enclosed? Kindly name I think I sent you this before but I have omitted recording it.

Flindersia

Nephelium

1

NSW.

2

Letter not found.

3

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.

4

MS found with specimen of Alectryon subcinereus (MEL 1357103).

Please cite as “FVM-92-05-04,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/92-05-04