9/1/96
As you were so successful with the cultivation of the Mesembrianthemum edule, dear Miss Henley, may I ask, whether your plants happen to be in fruit. In that case I should be obliged for some of them or for the seeds taken out (the pulp not entirely removed) as it affords nutriment to the young seedling-plant.1
With best New-years wishes to your worthy Parents and yourself.
Ferd von Mueller
Mesembrianthemum edule
See M to M. Henley, 15 January 1896 (in this edition as 96-01-15a).
Please cite as “FVM-96-01-09a,” 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