Document information

Physical location:

Folder 2, box 57, James Hector, correspondence received, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Archives, Wellington. 72.06.18

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James Hector, 1872-06-18. 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/1870-9/1872/72-06-18-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

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MS annotation probably by Hector: 'Asd. Office letter thanks for the Vol VII of Fragmenta'.
Melbourne bot Garden
18/6/72
By this post, dear Dr Hector, I send for your Museum the new vol. of the Fragmenta.
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B72.02.08.
Will you oblige with 2 copies of your & Mr Hutton's valuable essays on NZ fishes,
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Hutton (1872), Hector (1872).
one for my own use and one for a European friend. I have to thank you also for the agamous pl.
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MEL holds specimens of 16 algae, 15 ferns and allies, and 1 fungus, as well as 6 flowering plants, collected by H. H. Travers from the Chatham Islands in 1872. More species were included in 73.05.02 than are now held at MEL.
fr Chat Isl.
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Chatham Islands.
lately received
your friend
Ferd von Mueller
Mr Ludlum will take young trees with him on his return