From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Horticultural Society   [Feb 1895]

[Fasciated Lily.—From Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller came a photograph of a fasciated specimen of Lilium auratum, which bore 208 more or less developed flowers.]

Lilium auratum

Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society held on 23 April 1895 (Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of London, n.s., vol. 19 (1895-6), p. xxiii). It is dated to February 1895 as the latest likely date for it to have been written to be considered at that meeting.

Please cite as “FVM-95-02-00a,” 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/95-02-00a