The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: I was particularly pleased to see the figure of Villarsia capitata in your splendid Bot. Mag. ¶ ¶ This reminds of years passed bye - of hope, when I had chances to add to the plants of Horticulture a...

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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 240. 79.06.00c

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Villarsia capitata
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to [Joseph Hooker] , 1879-06 [79.06.00c]. 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/1870-9/1879/79-06-00c-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

The addressee is attributed on the basis of the editorship of the Botanical magazine at this date; the fragment is dated assuming that the earliest probable date the relevant part of the Botanical magazine could have arrived in Melbourne is mid-to-late June 1879.

I was particularly pleased to see the figure of in your splendid Bot. Mag.

was illustrated in the Botanical magazine, plate 6420, in the part dated 1 April 1879. The accompanying notes state: 'For the seeds of this pretty plant, the Royal Gardens are indebted to Baron von Mueller'.

This reminds of years passed bye - of hope, when I had chances to add to the plants of Horticulture abroad far better than now.

The sheet is annotated on the back in pencil: 38 | 81 | 91 | 93.