The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 26/7/62 ¶ Dear Sir William ¶ ¶ I beg to hand you a bill of loading for the seventh box with dried Thalamiflorae, forwarded for Mr Benthams use this day pr "Roxburgh Castle" freight being paid ¶ Regar...

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Physical location:

RBG Kew, Directors' letters, vol. LXXV, Australian and Pacific letters 1859-65, letter no. 153. 62.07.26

Plant names

Ranunculus Haastii
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Thalamiflorae
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1862-07-26. 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/1860-9/1862/62-07-26-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

MS black-edged; M's sister Bertha died on 7 September 1861.

26/7/62

Dear Sir William

I beg to hand you a bill of loading for the seventh box with dried , forwarded for Mr Benthams use this day pr "Roxburgh Castle" freight being paid

Bill of lading not found.

Regardfully

yours

Ferd Mueller.

There is a curious circumstance connected with the second transmission of to Britain, long after Mr Haasts discovery of the plant. Some day I shall mention it to Dr Hooker.

See M to J. Hooker, 25 August 1862 (in this edition as 62-08-25a).