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Physical location:

RB MSS M3, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 69.12.31b

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-12-31 [69.12.31b]. 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/69-12-31b>, accessed September 11, 2025

Dec 31 /69
Dear Mueller
All the best wishes of the season to you. herewith fresh seeds of Pistacia Atlantica in bag, & with this of Cedrus Atlantica & Abies Baborensis !
Sincerely Yr
J D Hooker
Thozet all right & case in fair order, far too much earth in case & the plants travel better in rather stiffer soil in the pots & less of it — i.e. more rocks below, less & stiffer earth above.
Haussmannia

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alive, wh
1
which.
T. takes to Paris —
Myosotidium

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dead — we want it badly .
Thozetia

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alive.
Mesembryanthemum tegens

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we have had as M. debile of Cape
2
Cape of Good Hope.
for last 50 years.
3
M reptans Ait? and yellow fls interlined above and below M. debile.
Yrs
J D Hooker
Please report on
Veratrum

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& on the seeds of
Butomus

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& other British water-plants sent a year or two ago — do you want more?