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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 389. 69.06.20

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1869-06-20. 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/69-06-20>, accessed September 11, 2025

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MS annotation: 'Ansd Sept.30/69'. Letter not found.
20/6/69
By the Yorkshire, dear Dr Hooker, I have sent you two small Xanthorrhoeas (X. australis) in a close case. I could have sent larger ones, but as there is some doubt about them living, it is well to try these first. As a rule I find they do not transplant well. They live for a while on the sap of the stem and then die off. However your venerable and lamented father succeeded with one from N.S.W. & so you may succeed with others. They require sandy heath soil.
From St. Vincents Gulf
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SA.
You can get both X. quadrangulata & X. semiplana.
With best regards
Ferd von Mueller
I have managed finally to put into the case also yet 2 small plants of Xanthorrh australis additionally, and besides a plant of
Gahnia erythrocarpa

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. The latter ought to be a fine acquisition for Europe. It is lovely with its large panicles of red seeds or nuts.
Has
Xanthorrhoea minor

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flowered at Kew? it must be a pretty thing along with
Dasylirion

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&c. It seems never to have been figured.
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A specimen sent by M ‘some years ago’ flowered at Kew in February 1877, and was figured in J. Hooker (1865-1904), vol. 103, t. 6297.