The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [May 14. 1869 ¶ Acknowledges pkts of seeds of Epacrids. "Have abundance of D. antarctica. ¶ Alsophila australis. Cyathea medullaris; we want good small trunks of the other Australian Tree ferns" Have...

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Box 6, item 4, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne. 69.05.14

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Alsophila australis
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Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-05-14. 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/69-05-14>, accessed September 11, 2025

Letter not found. MS is a summary by Charles Daley.

[May 14. 1869

Acknowledges pkts of seeds of Epacrids. "Have abundance of D. antarctica.

. ; we want good small trunks of the other Australian Tree ferns" Have 4 or 5 s from King George Sound W.A. Bentham well again from rheumatism and sciatica which have pulled him down very much." E. polyanthemos is the only Eucalypt that will stand an ordinary winter with us — we have tried scores of others"]