Paris le 25 Juillet 1892
Monsieur le Baron
M. le Ministre des Affaires Etrangers vient de me fait parvenir le pacquet des Graines et l’herbier des plantes d’Australie que vous voulez bien offrir au Muséum d’Histoire naturelle.
J’ai l’honneur de vous adresser mes vifs remerciements pour ce nouveau témoignage de l’intérêt que vous portez à l’accroissement des richesses scientifiques de notre grand Etablissement National.
Veuillez agréer, Monsieur le Baron, l’assurance de ma considération très distinguée
Le Directeur du Muséum
Monsieur le Baron Von Mueller, Botaniste du Gouvernement de Victoria à Melbourne (Australie).
Paris 25 July 1892
Dear Baron
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has just passed on to me the packet of seeds and the herbarium of Australian plants that you have kindly offered to the Museum of Natural History.1
I have the honour of expressing to you my lively thanks for this new evidence of the interest you take in increasing the scientific riches of our great National Institution.
I am, Dear Baron,
Yours very sincerely,
The Director of the Museum
Baron Von Mueller, Government Botanist of Victoria at Melbourne (Australia).
f. 46 in the same letter-copy book is a copy of a letter from Milne-Edwards to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, acknowledging receipt of M’s package and asking the Minister to thank the Consul-General in Melbourne for his help in this matter.
Letter not found. The text is taken from a letter-copy book kept by the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. The copy is extremely faint and, as a result, some readings are uncertain.
Please cite as “FVM-92-07-25,” 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