It affords me much pleasure to state that Mr. St. Eloy D'Alton is well versed among native plants and introduced weeds, he having not only a general knowledge of botany, but having futhermore through a series of years, observed closely the vegetation of the Wimmera District and the Nhill county, he discovering some entirely new and rare species of plants. He formed also regular collections through many botanical excursions, so that he is highly competent to afford local information there concerning the plants in those regions.
Letter not found. For the text given here, see McKay & Chappel (1999), p. 40, a transcription introduced by 'The following missive, dated at Melbourne 11 May 1895, signed by Baron von Mueller, Government Botanist, was one of St. Eloy's most treasured possessions'.
In the 19th century, a testimonial was typically sent to the person requesting one and treated as an open document for use by the recipient, often by printing it along with the other testimonials supplied. Occasionally the letter might concern a specific role but was still sent to the person requesting it, who then forwarded it; see, for example, M to J. Hector, 5 December 1870 (in this edition as 70-12-05a), and notes thereto.
Please cite as “FVM-95-05-11,” 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