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.1
I enclose my descriptive notes2 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
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'.
Enclosed notes not found.
MS bears letter head of the Technological Museum, Sydney. Maiden's file copy of this letter is in the library, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
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