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RBG Kew. Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-1881, f. 14. 71.05.19c

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1871-05-19 [71.05.19c]. 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/1870-9/1871/71-05-19c-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS annotation by Hooker: 'Ansd [Aug] 4.' See J. Hooker to M, 4 August 1871 (in this edition as 71-08-04a).
19/5/71
It must be quite elevating to you, dear Dr Hooker, to see a Hooker nepos arise to continue the glory of your & your fathers name. How promising, at so early an age. What would I give could I say the same! I lost the best years of my life here in struggling against impossibilities and almost unsurmountable obstacles.
I see your sons able remarks now from time to time in "Nature".
2
No 'remarks' in Nature, vols 1-3 (November 1869–April 1871) that could have led to M's false conclusion have been identified.
Prof Bolander says
Pinus Sinclarii

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is the oldest name for
Pinus radiata

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(P. insignis). Is this so? According to Pritzel I should think not.
3
Pinus sinclairii? See J. Hooker to M, 4 August 1871 (in this edition as 71-08-04a). Bolander's comment has not been found. Pritzel (1851) lists 1841 as the date of the publication by W. Hooker and Arnott in which P. sinclairii was named (i.e. W. Hooker and Arnott (1841), a copy of which M did not own in 1865 or list in 1868 (B65.05.01, B69.07.03)). D. Don (1837), p. 442, in a paper read in 1835, named P. radiata, and Douglas as the author of P. insignis was first published in Loudon (1838), vol 4, p. 2263. In Loudon (1844), the edition that M owned, the entry is in vol. 4, p. 2265.
Always your regardful
Ferd. von Mueller