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Papers [manuscript].

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Letters to Von Mueller from George Bentham, Sir William Hooker, and Dr J. D. Hooker. Parts of the letters have been transcribed completely, while other parts have been summarized. The letters deal with Gregory's northern Australia expedition 1856, plants of Australia and India, botanical publications, Sir Joseph Banks' journal (which J. D. Hooker edited), specimens sent by Von Mueller to Kew Gardens, difficulties in naming specimens, the publication of Flora Australiensis, and reactions to Darwin's theory of evolution. Also set of Von Mueller's Iconography of Australian salsolaceous plants (1887-1891) and Iconography of Australian species of acacia and cognate general. (1887).

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Mueller, Ferdinand ˜vonœ 1825-1896

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Botanist and explorer, Director of the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne from 1857 to 1873 and Government Botanist from 1857 till his death in 1896. From the description of Letter of Ferdinand Von Mueller [manuscript]. 1894. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225758314 Botanist. Came to Australia in 1847. Appointed botanist to the North West Australian expedition under A.C. Gregory in 1855, travelling 5000 miles in sixteen months and observing 2000 species of plants. Re...