The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Aug 15/67 ¶ Dear Mueller ¶ ¶ I enclose a list of plants in Wards Case sent per Damascus. ¶ Please, if you can recollect to do so, inform me of the precise condition the case arrives in as to glass,...

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Physical location:

RB MSS M3, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 67.08.15

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Anigozanthos
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Baxteria
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Preferred Citation:

Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1867-08-15. 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/1860-9/1867/67-08-15-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Aug 15/67

MS embossed with seal of the 'Royal Gardens Kew'.

Dear Mueller

I enclose a list of plants in Wards Case sent per Damascus.

Damascus arrived in Melbourne from London via Plymouth on 17 November 1867.

Please, if you can recollect to do so, inform me of the precise condition the case arrives in as to glass, packing &c. it is one of a new batch.

The last part of this paragraph is marked with two crosses in the left-hand margin.

Can you send us , , seeds & such like things? & above all seeds of of which we are quite out.

Ever sincerely Yrs

Jos D Hooker