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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 340. 68.08.09a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1868-08-09 [68.08.09a]. 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/1860-9/1868/68-08-09a-final.odt>, accessed May 7, 2026

9/8/68
I am glad all the plants arrived safely, dear Dr Hooker, and that Prof Oliver sent back the
Epacrideae

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for you. In regard to the plants to be tried in the Shetland islands
1
See M to J. Hooker, 12 March 1868 (in this edition as 86-03-12a).
you must kindly remember that
Acacia decurrens

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and several other of the recommended trees are subalpine! Seedlings moreover will be hardier there than in a warmer clime.
Young Mr Travers is going to collect the plants of the limestone-formation and of Stewarts Island[s] I shall not work on any of them as I do not wish to invade your territory of research.
2
Stewart Island is about 40 km off the southern end of the South Island of New Zealand, a region upon the plants of which Joseph Hooker continued to work.
I am very poor here in Passiflorae.
3
Passiflorae is marked in the margin with a cross.
Do any of your produce fruits or have you access otherwise to the seeds of these easily raised and lovely plants? Among others (few) I have P. gracilis. Has its native country ever been ascertained? I am also very poor in palms of the Western hemisphere.
Piper nigrum

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is not in the Garden either, nor
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&
Dionaea muscipula

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& Saracenias. Even
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I do not possess.
4
Desmodium ... Bipophytum is marked in the margin with a cross.
With every good
wish your
Ferd. von Mueller
A package of seeds goes to you again by this mail.