The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 14/4/80 ¶ ¶ Herewith, Sir Joseph, some seeds from Mr Alex Forrests Expedition in N.W. Australia, ¶ received only ¶ this ¶ day from Mr Carey. ¶ I also forward fresh tubers of Dipodium. Perhaps you...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 266. 80.04.14a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1880-04-14 [80.04.14a]. 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/1880-9/1880/80-04-14a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

14/4/80

MS annotation by Hooker: 'And May 29/80'. Letter not found.

Herewith, Sir Joseph, some seeds from Mr Alex Forrests Expedition in N.W. Australia,

See 'Forrest’s journey through North-West Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography, New Series, vol. 2 (1880), pp. 512-3.

received only this day from Mr Carey.

Henry Stuart Carey.

I also forward fresh tubers of . Perhaps you may succeed to bring the plant in flower.

MS annotation: 'Recd May 27/80 recd. Do. desiccated by charcoal and perfectly dead.'

Got this day the new part of the "opus magnum".

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83).

What a treasure for all times. I hope that Bentham & yourself will ere long absolve the . Do you want supplemental notes on Dicotyl.?

What a sad and irreparable loss, that of General Munro!

William Munro died at his home near Taunton, Somerset on 29 January 1880 (ODNB).

I had just posted a letter to the General,

Letter not found.

and sent him a critical , when the mournful tidings of his unexpected demise reached me.

So, the bot. World has not one comprehensive Agrostologist now.

Always with friendship

your

Ferd. von Mueller.

Kindly tell me, what may have been the average contribution to the Clifford fund, so that I may forward my mite also, and if it pleases you through you.

The postscript paragraph is written on a separate sheet, f. 267. It is treated as part of this letter on the basis that J. Hooker to M, 28 May 1880 includes a response to this question as well as comments on other parts of the letter. MS annotation by Hooker: 'Send it direct — I sent £5.5.0 I do not know others JH’.

William Kingdon Clifford died with assets of less than £450 (ODNB); a pension fund to provide for his family was opened by his friends (The Times [London], 17 March 1879, p. 6).