Gentlemen
Accompanied by Mr Carron of the Bot. Gard. I had this morning the pleasure of looking over your fine nursery and I can assure you I was perfectly astonished to see so valuable a collection brought together as you have got. I only regret I had no opportunity of expressing to you personally the pleasure my visit afforded to me.
One of my objects in visiting Sydney being to effect if possible some exchanges of plants[,]1 I left with your foreman a list of a few which I brought with me and asked him to select such as he thought might be of use to you. Should you find any amongst those mentioned in the list which you desire to add to your collections you will please to inform me of it and I shall be happy to deliver them to you on calling at Mr Moore's where the plants are at present. Besides the above we have a fine stock of conifers and other plants in Melbourne a great many of which I do not see mentioned in your catalogue and I am commissioned by Dr. Mueller to offer such as we can spare in exchange for what I might deem desirable for our establishment. Trusting you will not object to enter into communication (and exchanges) with us I venture to enclose a list of what I think will be an acquisition for our Department and beg you to be good enough, should you accede to my proposal to send such of the plants as you may have to spare to Mr. Moore of the Botan. Garden in the course of this week. One or two of the kinds named in my list we have got already but only in single specimens.
Before my departure from here I hope I may have the pleasure of meeting you in the mean time allow me to sign
Your
obedient
E B Heyne
Assist. to Dr. Mueller
Dir. Bot. Gard. Melbourne
Messrs Baptist & Sons
Desiderata of the Melbourne Botanic Garden
Sanseviera variegata2
Woodwardsia3 Orientalis
Lindsaya retusa
Goldfussia glomerata
Hypericum floribundum
" oblongum4
Diospyros kaki
" Lotus
Vangueria edulis
Scheeria mexicana (the genus is unknown to me but that is the name I understood your foreman giving to a fine Gesneriaceous plant of the habit of an Achimenes)
Alnus Capensis5
Beleperone6 oblongifolia
Burchellia Capensis
Buxus argentea
Curopegia7 elegans
Grevillea Forsteri (though we have this noble plant 1 or 2 additional ones would be acceptable)
Jackaranda mimosaefolia
Laurus Borbonia
Libonia floribunda
Poroqueria longifolia8
Any of Your Rhopalas
Sedum adianthifolium9
Our collection of Camellias being very small I would feel obliged by your adding to the above a selection from the splendid one you have, leaving the choice to yourself.
Should you have any rare tropical or subtropical fruittrees or other useful plants not mentioned in your Catalogue they would also be gladly received.10
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Pinus longifolia |
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2 |
Sabal Palmetto |
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1 |
Solanum horridum |
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1 |
Ligustrum sp Hong Kong |
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2 |
Aralia Schefflera |
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3 |
Pinus Haageana |
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Cinchona officinalis |
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2 |
Pittosporum Zeylanicum |
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1 |
Ilex cassinoides |
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Quercus Suber |
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4 |
Pinus Smithiana |
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4 |
" ponderosa |
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Tea plants |
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1 |
Rhus undulata |
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1 |
Celastrus angulatus |
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2 |
Jatropha Manihot |
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1 |
Panax Murrayi |
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1 |
Medeola asparagoides |
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1 |
Cneorum tricoccum11 |
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2 |
Callitris columellaris |
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1 |
Hibiscus pedunculatus |
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2 |
Pinus balsamea |
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4 |
" Frazeri12 |
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Tetragonia implexicoma |
Achimenes
Alnus Capensis
Aralia Schefflera
Beleperone oblongifolia
Burchellia Capensis
Buxus argentea
Callitris columellaris
Camellia
Celastrus angulatus
Cneorum tricossum
Curopegia elegans
Cinchona officinalis
Diospyros kaki
Diospyros Lotus
Goldfussia glomerata
Grevillea Forsteri
Hibiscus pedunculatus
Hypericum floribundum
Hypericum oblongum
Ilex cassinoides
Jackaranda mimosaefolia
Jatropha Manihot
Laurus Borbonia
Ligustrum
Libonia floribunda
Lindsaya retusa
Medeola asparagoides
Panax Murrayi
Pinus balsamea
Pinus Frazeri
Pinus Haageana
Pinus longifolia
Pinus ponderosa
Pinus Smithiana
Pittosporum Zeylanicum
Poroqueria longifolia
Quercus Suber
Rhus undulata
Rhopala
Sabal Palmetto
Scheeria mexicana
Sedum adianthifolium
Sanseviera variegata
Solanum horridum
Tetragonia implexicoma
Vangueria edulis
Woodwardsia Orientalis
Please cite as “FVM-M68-03-00,” 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/M68-03-00