To Georgina King   30 September 1896

31/9/961

Copy of dictated letter again. 2

 

Dear Miss King,

I have sent notes of B. floribunda to Mr Fletcher trusting they were in time for this evenings meeting at the Linnean Society.3 When you have furnished the ripe fruit the distinctive notes can be augmented from fructed specimens. I hope no delay will arise in making known what has already been ascertained of the true characteristics of the flowers by yourself. Mr Fletcher will excuse on account of illness that I did not augment more notes already.

Always with regardful remembrance

your

Ferd. von Mueller4

 

P.S. It does not seem that B. floribunda grows outside N.S.W.

 

Boronia floribunda

1
The date has been given incorrectly; the meeting of the Linnean Society to which M refers was held on 30 September.
2
Original letter not found. MS is a copy made by Georgina King. See also M to G. King, 16 September, 24 September and 28 September 1896.
3
Linnean Society of NSW; see B97.05.01. Fletcher was secretary of the Society.
4
MS annotation by King, before the signature: '(Signed by the Baron)'.

Please cite as “FVM-96-09-30,” 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 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/96-09-30