To William Thiselton-Dyer   21 September 1893

21/9/93.1

 

By this weeks mail dear Dr Dyer, I send you a small lot of dried orchideous plants, gathered long ago by Dr Guppy in the Solomon-Island.2

I was under the impression, that I had forwarded them to Kew, though it was my intention when I received them, to elaborate this order of plants from Dr Guppy’s gatherings, as Orchideae were always particular favorites with me. These specimens were mislaid, and thus went out of my thoughts, until they now turned up again, while the orchideous collections were resorted here. As some Orchids from the Solomon-Islands were recently described under your direction, I send the[se] now also to you.

Always with regardfulness

your Ferd. von Mueller.

 

Please keep the uniques (solitary specimens) at Kew Of those, not worked uniques I have a little left here numbered. I need therefore nothing back, but like the names for the numbers.

 

Orchideae

1
Date stamped Royal Gardens Kew 31. OCT. 9[3.]; annotated in black ink by John Baker: JGB 1/11/93 and in red ink by William Hemsley:Ackd. 2. XI. 93 (letter not found).
2
Annotated in black ink by John Baker adjacent to the first paragraph:15 numbers received. and in lead pencil by William Hemsley: List 17.i.94. (list not found ) .

Please cite as “FVM-93-09-21a,” 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 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/93-09-21a