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# Ferdinand von Mueller

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Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victoria, Australia by Governor Charles La Trobe in 1853, and later director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbou

##  Quotes by Ferdinand von Mueller

> [Where timber vegetation is ruthlessly destroyed, aridity and its sequence sterility will prevail and the hotter the climate, the more to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferdinand-von-mueller/where-timber-vegetation-is-ruthlessly-destroyed-aridity-and-its/)

[Ferdinand von Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferdinand-von-mueller/)

[Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/)

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> [On a feeling and sensitive mind a demolished forest impresses unmingled sadness, whereas its primeval grandeur must inspire anyone to immeasurable delight,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferdinand-von-mueller/on-a-feeling-and-sensitive-mind-a-demolished-forest-impresses/)

[Ferdinand von Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferdinand-von-mueller/)

[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [Let us regard the forests as an inheritance, given to us by nature, not to be despoiled or devastated, but to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferdinand-von-mueller/let-us-regard-the-forests-as-an-inheritance-given-to-us-by-nature-not/)

[Ferdinand von Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferdinand-von-mueller/)

[Blessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessing/)

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> [Forests, beyond offering us their plainly utilitarian wealth, have to perform vast physiological functions in the great economy of nature, by contributing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferdinand-von-mueller/forests-beyond-offering-us-their-plainly-utilitarian-wealth-have-to/)

[Ferdinand von Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferdinand-von-mueller/)

[Contributing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contributing/)

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