From Joseph Maiden1    19 September 1894

TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM, SYDNEY.

TELEPHONE No. 1558

MEMO . from the CURATOR to

 

19th Sept: 1894

 

Dear Baron von Mueller,

I send you the Olearia or Aster which I believe to be new, and which bears a strong superficial resemblance to O. erubescens. You will however notice that it has strictly opposite leaves.2

I enclose my descriptive notes3 of the plant & shall be glad to learn if you agree with me that it is a new species.

Yours Sincerely,

J. H. Maiden.

 

Aster

Olearia erubescens

1
MS bears letter head of the Technological Museum, Sydney.
2
This sending was among those recorded in a list of packages despatched by the Museum (MRS 105, [Parcels posted and forwarded], Powerhouse Museum, Sydney). Letters have not been found corresponding to the following additional despatches recorded as having been sent to M: in 1894, parcels described as 'Bot spec', sent on 9 July, 20 July and 7 August, and a parcel listed as 'Grasses', sent on 28 September; in 1895, parcels listed as "'Bot spec' sent on 28 February, 27 March, 5 April and 20 November, and a consignment on 3 December described as 'Plant'; and in 1896, one parcel sent on 21 April, listed as 'Bot spec'.
3
Enclosed notes not found.

Please cite as “FVM-94-09-19,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/94-09-19