TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM, SYDNEY.
Memo. from the CURATOR to The Baron Ferd: von Mueller K.C.M.G., F.R.S.
21st Sept: 1892
Dear Baron Mueller,
The Linnean meeting takes place this day week, Wednesday 28th, and therefore I would ask you kindly to decide on a name, as soon as possible, for the new Grevillea. Unless you have thought of a particularly suitable name, do you not think it would be a graceful tribute to the memory of the late Sir William Macleay to call it after him?
I shall give preliminary notice this afternoon at the Council Meeting:—
"Preliminary note on a new Grevillea from Jervis Bay, New South Wales." as a regulation is in force that papers cannot be read without notice being first given at a council meeting.
For this preliminary note it might be sufficient to say that "the new species (as far as seen), is of erect habit, and about 4 feet in height. Its closest affinity is to G. Barklyana, F.v.M. but it has different vestiture and smaller leaves (is it necessary to describe these now?). This handsome species is dedicated to the memory of Sir William Macleay the founder, and munificent supporter of this Society.1
This could be printed in the abstract, which would be dated 30th Sept.2
Yours truly,
J. H. Maiden.
Have written again today to a mutual friend of Dr Blaxland
Grevillea Barklyana
M's label identifies the specimen as G. Barklyana; it was later re-determined as G. barklyana, ssp. macleayana.
No paper on a new Grevillea was read at the meeting, and no Grevillea species named by M and Maiden has been found.
MS found with a specimen of Grevillea macleayana (MEL 98862). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 22/9/92'. Letter not found. There is a file copy of this letter at the Library, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
Please cite as “FVM-92-09-21a,” 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