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RBG Kew, Directors' letters, vol. LXXV, Australian and Pacific letters 1859-65, letter no. 170. 63.06.26b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1863-06-26 [63.06.26b]. 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/1860-9/1863/63-06-26b-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

26/6/63
Dear Sir William
By the "Roxburgh Castle", which ship conveys this letter I forwarded (as mentioned by overland mail)
1
M to W. Hooker, 16 June 1863; see also M to G. Bentham, 24 June 1863, and RB MSS M44, Notebook recording despatch of plants for Bentham for Flora australiensis, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.
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for President
2
Bentham was president of the Linnean Society of London.
Bentham to you. The case contains also some parcels of dry plants from Mr Whan to Prof Dickie,
3
William Taylor Whan, George Dickie.
which I would be thankful if delivered to the order of the latter Gentleman. They comprise nothing that is not already well represented in your herbarium, as I have persuaded myself [when] naming the plants.
Ever your
Ferd. Mueller