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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 239. 79.07.09b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1879-07-09 [79.07.09b]. 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/1870-9/1879/79-07-09b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

9/7/79
Without wishing to be intrusive or immodest, dear Sir Joseph, I like to ask, whether a fragment of
Eucalyptus oligantha

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could be spared at Kew? It is of course important, that I should have for the "Atlas"
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B79.13.11 etc.
every described species, to refer to. We have still much to learn regarding the Eucalypts, and I like to make their knowledge on my part as extensive & as complete as I can.
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MS annotation by [Hooker?]: 'Sept. 2. 79 Prof Oliver [and] Sept. 3 [Letter not found]. Enclosed [Olivers] note to the effect that none of the specimens cd. be spared.'
Regardfully always your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Other species, not represented in the Museum-collections here, are: E. tectifica,
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tectifica is marked in the central margin with a cross.
E. patellaris, E. orbifolia; E. fibrosa and not a single specimen can I find of E. siderophloia; perhaps they are mislaid, or could they have accidentally all have remained at Kew?
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The comment 'remained at Kew' refers to the transmission of the Eucalypts to Kew by M for the preparation of Flora australiensis.
There is a vertical line and 'found by Mueller', apparently by Hooker, in the central margin next to `E. siderophloia . . . Kew?'. See M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 24 December 1879, in which M announces that he has found specimens of E. siderophloia.