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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 187. 76.10.04

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1876-10-04. 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/1870-9/1876/76-10-04-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS annotations: 'J. S' [i.e. John Smith, Curator]; and: 'And Jay 11/77'. See J. Hooker to M, 11 January 1877 (in this edition as 77-01-11a).
4/10/76
By the Steamship "Durham", dear Dr Hooker, a Gentleman takes a case with living plants to London.
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The first sentence is marked in the margin with a double line. See J. Hooker to M, 11 January 1877 . The Kew Inwards Book, 1873-77, p. 422, entry 16, dated 9 January 1877 identifies the passenger as 'Wm Bull', but he has not been further identified.
In this are included for Kew 2 plants of
Correa Lawrenciana

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, the var. with crimson flowers .
I wished your father could have lived to see this glorious plant of his
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William Hooker named the species in W. Hooker (1834-42), vol. 1, p. 254.
in cultivation. You know of course that C. Lawrenciana is almost subalpine, and that it ought to stand on sheltered places the English lowland-winter, if sightly
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slightly?
protected. It only commences to grow in altitudes where C. speciosa ceases to grow.
It becomes a small tree in forest vallies, and the foliage with its dark green lustre is magnificent, while the flowers of this variety, as yet only known from my place of discovery,
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Between Apollo Bay and Cape Otway, Vic.; see M to R. Gunn, 12 June 1867.
are as magnificent as that of the scarlet variety of C. speciosa.
Regardfully
Ferd. von Mueller.