The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ Is there any means of obtaining the extraordinar plants, which form such a prominent feature in the landscape of the Canary Islands? I mean Euphorbia Canariensis, Cacalia Kleinii, Dracaena, Draco, ...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 213. 66.05.00e

Plant names

Cacalia Kleinii
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Dracaena Draco
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Euphorbia Canariensis
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Hedera Canariensis
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Quercus Canariensis
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1866-05 [66.05.00e]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/66-05-00e>, accessed April 20, 2025

MS annotation by Hooker: 'Received [Jy] 1866 without date / JH'

Dated to May 1866 on the basis of month of arrival at Kew and reference to autumn seed harvest. The ‘parcel of seeds, 238 species’ mentioned in M to J. Hooker, 28 May 1866 (in this edition as 66-06-28b) is likely to be the transmission anticipated here, supporting a date of May 1866 for this fragment.

Is there any means of obtaining the extraordinar plants, which form such a prominent feature in the landscape of the Canary Islands? I mean , , Dracaena, Draco, , &c. All would thrive so well in this country.

With kindest regards

Ferd Mueller.

I shall send a good collection of seeds by next mail, from this autumnal harvest. Did the orchids arrive & [grow]

See M to J. Hooker, 6 December 1865 (in this edition as 65-12-06a).