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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 57. 72.08.23

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1872-08-23. 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/1870-9/1872/72-08-23-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Melbourne
23/8/72
The missing portion of
Orchideae

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have just been found, dear Dr Hooker. I will try to get them away by the Captain of the Somersetshire.
1
See M to J. Hooker, 12 August 1872 (in this edition as 72-08-12a ). Somersetshire 'cleared out' on 24 August (Argus, 26 August 1872, p. 4); it arrived off Plymouth on 31 October 1872 (London Standard, 2 November 1872, p. 7). Bentham acknowledged receiving the additional parcel in G. Bentham to M, 19 November 1872.
Please let enquiries be made for them; but I am not certain, whether they will be in time
2
Annotated in pencil in an unknown hand on the blank page opposite the opening of the letter: J. S. Attwood | [Carried] | Somersetshire | [care] Allport & Morgan | 7 Leadenhall St | E C.
Allport and Morgan were the agents handling the 'Money, Wingram and Sons' Line of Steam and Packet vessels', including Somersetshire (Captain J. S. Attwood), 'now lying in the South-West India Docks' (Times, 5 November 1872, p. 2).
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