Beresford Road
Homebush1
Oct. 16th /94
Dear Baron von Mueller,
I have just got some interesting specimens of "Sea-grasses", which I hasten to send to you, they are again from our "Harbour". I wonder if the spores contain the pollen that fertilises the flower (if they are flowers) in the accompaning specimen? I see how requisite your kind advice was about not jumping at conclusions, for I know so little about "Sea-grasses", never having studied them — and know nothing about those in Britain. If I am impatient to get the names of the marine fossils from Sir Frederick McCoy please forgive me, for I have a paper waiting for them that will be most useful to science just now!
Please accept my sincere sympathy in the loss of your friend the Dean of Melbourne2 — I never forget that it was his son that introduced me to you. You have been such a valuable friend ever since — I always feel I can't do enough to show you how grateful I am for all your kindness to me.
I am, with kindest regards
Yours gratefully
Georgina King
Sydney.
H. B. Macartney.
There are three King 'sea grass' specimens collected in 1894 at MEL, filed under Zostera muelleri subsp. capricorni, two dated August and one dated October. The August collections mention a letter with them, but there is no such reference in the details for the October specimen.
Please cite as “FVM-94-10-16,” 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