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RB MSS M3, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 73.05.06

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Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1873-05-06. 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/73-05-06>, accessed September 11, 2025

May 6/73.
Dear Dr Mueller
I have little time to write by this mail, being much occupied with the illness of my Brother in law the Rev. G. Henslow whose Botanical notes you may have seen in "Nature" — & who is suddenly paralyzed, & his life despaired of: & which throws a heavy family responsibility on me.
Thanks for the packets of seeds, which arrived in very good order. The Hampshire has not yet arrived, & Bentham has taken up the
Mimosiae

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for Martius Flor. Bras.,
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Bentham (1859-76), part 2, pp. 257-504, issued 1 July 1876 (TL2).
meanwhile.
I earnestly hope that the blue flowered Andersonia will arrive alive.
We have received the second fine
Todea

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, many thanks; — The
Cycas

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have made no show of life yet. They are tubbed in a stove.
The long
Alsophila

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made a few fronds & then stopped — I have laid it on its side & clothed it with moss.
I have just had the
Boronia megastigma

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drawn from your plant for the Magazine.
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Curtis's botanical magazine, vol. 99 (1873), tab. 6046.
The
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&
Lepidosperma

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baskets
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See M to J. Hooker, 30 January 1873.
will be very acceptable, but I must deposit them as your gift in the Museum.
I sincerely hope that your troubles are ended; & that you may soon reign in peace again.
Excuse more at present as I am excessively occupied
Ever most sincy Yr
Jos D Hooker