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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 254. 80.02.18b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1880-02-18 [80.02.18b]. 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/1880-9/1880/80-02-18b-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS annotation: 'Sent [Sp] to Hanbury Naudin Playfair ['Playfair' heavily deleted] Cork Scilly'. R. L. Playfair was Consul in Algiers.
Letters of thanks for the seeds were received at Kew from T. Hanbury [Palazzo Orengo, Mentone, Italy] to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 April 1880; from W. Sullivan [Cork] to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 13 April 1880; and from T. Dorrien-Smith [Isles of Scilly] to W.Thiselton-Dyer, 14 April 1880. Dorrien-Smith was then sent ‘2 packets of
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seeds from Mueller’ in response to his request (Thiselton-Dyer annotation on letter of 14 April 1880).
18/2/80
Herewith I send you, dear Sir Joseph, 34 species of
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-seeds, all correctly named, thinking that you may like to make an experiment of testing the respective hardiness of them in the Channel-Islands, where within British territory in Europe most Eucalypts ought to prosper.
The quantity of these seeds is sufficient to admit of subdivision. A few seeds of
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— of 6 sp. — are added.
Regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller