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I have talked to Poppy about the Steinbachern, but did not get 

 any definitive inf ornati on, I assume, that Kotscby, whom you probably 

 becane aquainted with in. Vienna at the botanical museum, and Director 

 Schott in Schonbrunn can give you Information« 



T ^- e Nyraphaea cases have already arrived; the first sample cases 

 are supposed to arrive at the end of this week« Then all will de - 

 veloD accordinsr to your wishes». 



In the hope, that you arrived well in Vienna, I close with the 

 request to be remerabered kindly to Prof .Ti engl 1 Untrer and RussecHr^ 

 Your raost devoted Mettenius 



(translated frora German Script by Edgar Den! Ron, April 1988) 



Note: "Nova Hollandia" The use of 7 reference books,of which one 

 was the Encyclopedia Brittanica and 3 were pceo^raühic refe- 

 rence books did not bring any enlightenment about' its where- 

 abouts.Cred.it for solving the problem goes to tfertha Reilly 

 of the Mo. Botanical Garden Library. She found in Rees Ency- 

 clopedia of 1819, that New Holland was used to designate the 

 New South Wales- Province of south-eastern AUSTRALIA. 



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