7/6/92
Durch diese Wochen-Post, edler Freund, sende ich Ihnen eine kleine Pakete Flechten, welche während Sir Thomas Elder’s Expedition 1891 gesammelt wurden, u. ein zweites Päckchen wird mit nächster "Mail" folgen. Würden Sie so freundlich sein, bald die Namen zu senden, da während 1892 schon eine Liste der Expeditions Pflanzen veröffentlicht werden soll.
Herrn Finselbach brachte mir in voriger Woche Ihr Einführungs Schreiben, auch eins von dem Nestor Alph. DC. Ich habe mit diesem jungen Chemiker bereits zwei längere Unterredungen gehabt, und werde ihm an diesem Abend weitere Rathschläge ertheilen.
Sie ehrend
Ferd. von Mueller.
Die unnumerirten Exemplare sind unica.
7/6/92
By this week's post, noble friend, I am sending you a small parcel of lichens that were collected during Sir Thomas Elder's Expedition in 1891,1 and a second small parcel will follow with the next mail. Would you be so kind as to send the names soon, as during 1892 a list of the expedition plants is to be published.2
Mr Finselbach brought me your letter of introduction last week,3 also one from the nestor Alphonse de Candolle.4 I have had two long conversations with this young chemist already and will give him further advice this evening.
Respectfully
Ferd. von Mueller
The unnumbered specimens are unica.
Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1891-2.
Müller supplied a report, first published as J. Müller (1892) and republished as J. Müller [given as Mueller] (1893a). M and R. Tate expected their treatment of the phanerogams and vascular cryptogams to be published in 1892, but because of a shortage of funds it was not published until 1896 (B96.14.02); see Lucas (2018), p. 816.
Dr W. Finselbach, arrived in Melbourne in June 1892 aboard Habsburg (Argus (Melbourne), 2 June 1892, p. 5, col. d) which reported that Dr 'Finzelbach' came for a two-year stay, mainly in Queensland. However, Frederick Wilhelm August Finselbach (1866-1930) remained in Australia, in pharmaceutical practice, and later medicne, see 'Orbituary, Dr. F. W. A. Finselbach', Sydney morning herald, 4 February 1930, p. 12. MEL and NSW have specimens (AVH, accessed 31 May 2026).
Letters not found.
Please cite as “FVM-92-06-07a,” 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