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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 434. 70.06.14a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1870-06-14 [70.06.14a]. 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/1870-9/1870/70-06-14a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

14/6/70
By this months mail, dear Dr Hooker, I beg to send you some beautiful photograms, taken near my office dwelling by Mr Montefiore, a Melbourne Merchant, and near Relative of Sir Moses Montefiore. He is an amateur photographer and presented me with this set. Keep half of them, please, according to your own selection, and send the rest to Dr Sonder, when you have an apt opportunity of doing so. I thought you would like to see something of the botanic Garden, as formed by me. The pictures give of course only a very few views, whereas the views from the ridge near my house a
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quite panoramic.
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The images have not been found at Kew. A selection of images of the garden taken around the same time by another photographer, Lt. Col. W. C. Trevor, is reproduced in Almond (1996), including a view of the director's residence, p. 39, and a panorama across the system garden, p. 38, that must have been taken from near the Director's office, see plan accompanying B69.07.03 (digital copy at http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/169868 ). See also M to E. Montefiore, 13 October 1871.
The case with Museum plants pr Suffolk returned in safety. I am glad and grateful to get case after case safely back.
Prof. [M'Owan] sent me the seeds of
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last year. I suppose it will be similar as a fodder plant for sheep to the numerous Compositae of the Australian Deserts.
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The letter ends without valediction at the bottom of a single folio; the back of the folio is blank.