The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Kew May 15/68 ¶ Dear Dr Mueller ¶ ¶ The True Briton has arrived all safe & we expect your boxes daily. ¶ ¶ A beautiful blue Ipomoea of yours is now being figured for Magazine, possibly a var of Phar...

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Physical location:

RB MSS M3, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 68.05.15b

Plant names

Blandfordia
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Ipomoea
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Pharbitis nil
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Preferred Citation:

Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1868-05-15 [68.05.15b]. 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/68-05-15b>, accessed September 11, 2025

MS embossed with seal of the 'Royal Gardens Kew'.

Kew May 15/68

Dear Dr Mueller

The True Briton has arrived all safe & we expect your boxes daily.

A beautiful blue of yours is now being figured for Magazine, possibly a var of Pharbitis Nil but a beautiful thing.

J. Hooker (1865-1904), vol. 94, tab. 5720. See M to J. Hooker, 10 September 1868.

Can you send us a box s & other bulbs?

In great haste

Ever sincerely Yrs

Jos D Hooker