The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 10/8/70 ¶ ¶ I just received the copy of your excellent students flora, dear Dr Hooker. ¶ I like the ¶ plan ¶ of the work much. It comes very much in detail near Kochs Taschenbuch der deutsche Flor...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 442. 70.08.10a

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Eucalyptus
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1870-08-10 [70.08.10a]. 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/70-08-10a>, accessed September 11, 2025

10/8/70

I just received the copy of your excellent students flora, dear Dr Hooker.

J. Hooker (1870).

I like the plan of the work much. It comes very much in detail near Kochs Taschenbuch der deutsche Flora

W. Koch (1844).

and revived my reminiscenses of field searches 30 years ago with great vivacity.

Prof Olivers last edition of the Kew Guide

Oliver (1870).

pleases me also, but I missed (perhaps overlooked?) measurements of the gigantic Eucalypts and a few other striking notes, such as [our] .

Oliver quotes, on pp. 94-5, part of B67.13.02 concerning the size of ; and on p. 96 quotes M on the tree fern Dicksonia antarctica. No special mention is made of . For an analysis of M’s claims for tall trees, see Mace (1996).

Perhaps the Professor never had my Exhibition reports

The text ends without valediction near the bottom of the back page of the folio.