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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Macdonald   5 Mar 1894

5/3/94.

Made a vain effort, to get across to you yesterday or Saturday, but on account of immensity of work could not manage it. Please, arrange that your brother, the Explorer,1 is made a hon. member of our branch. For your brother, the Forester,2 I had just to write a report on the sanitary significance of the Eucalypts.3

Regardfully always

your

Ferd von Mueller

The card from the Scandinavian Pa[...] came this morning. Will you kindly give it to Mr Potter. He is the nicest and enlightened of Divine

1

Peter Fitzallan Macdonald (1830–1919); Capricornian (Rockhampton), 28 June 1919, pp. 37-8.

2

William Macdonald (1839-1914), forest ranger, NSW.

3

Not found; the report may not have been published.

Please cite as “FVM-94-03-05,” 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/94-03-05