Document information

Physical location:

Folder 2, box 58, James Hector, correspondence received, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Archives, Wellington. 73.01.24

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James Hector, 1873-01-24. 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/1870-9/1873/73-01-24-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

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MS annotation: 'Ansd. 4.2.73'. See J. Hector to M, 4 February 1873.
Melbourne bot Garden
24/1/73
I send you, dear Dr Hector, fresh seeds of three species of Kentia from Lord Howe's Island, which will thrive in your forest groves or other sheltered localities along with your own Kentia sapida. They are stately plants and not easily obtained. The description I gave in the 7th vol. of fragm. phytogr. Austr.
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K. belmoreana , K. c anterburyana , K. m oorean a: B70.04.01, pp. 99-102.
Always your friend
Ferd von Mueller
I shall require various seeds from you by & bye.
F.M.
Kentia sapida