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RBG Kew, Directors' letters, vol. LXXV, Australian and Pacific letters 1859-65, letter no. 136. 61.09.12a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1861-09-12 [61.09.12a]. 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//letters/1860-9/1861/61-09-12a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS black edged. M's sister, Bertha Doughty, died on 7 September 1861.
Melbourne, bot & zool. Garden.
12 Sept. 1861
Dear and venerable Sir William.
By the "Wellesley" under care of [its] Commander I have forwarded to you a parcel of about 60 ferns collected by Mr John Cairns in the Feegee
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i.e. Fiji.
Islands. I consider it my duty to place this little material at your disposal for your valuable work on ferns. Should any of these species be quite superfluous to your herbarium, I will be thankful to receive them back again through Mr Pamplin.
With my best regards &c
your ever gratefully attached
Ferd. Mueller
Perhaps you can kindly arrange to send for the ferns, if the Captain not brings them to Kew.