Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M3, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 80.10.06

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1880-10-06. 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/80-10-06>, accessed September 11, 2025

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MS embossed with crest of Royal Gardens Kew.
Oct. 6 /80
My dear Von Mueller
The
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has arrived & seemingly in very good order.
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See M to J. Hooker, 20 July 1880.
We are having it potted & shall do our best to bring it round & shall let you know the result.
Very likely the Palms are, like the tree ferns, divisible into those that will, & those that will not stand that sort of "heroic" treatment.
We are constantly shifting our Palms in the Palm House from pots to tubs & from these to bigger tubs, & we find that some are killed by the process, others not.
I am extremely obliged for the Palm specimens, which are great prizes.
Ever sincerely yr
Jos. D. Hooker
The big tree fern trunk (D. antarctica) which you sent some 6 years ago is a splendid sight, & the
Todea

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goes on magnificently.