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Physical location:

RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller 1871-81, f. 313. 81.00.00h

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to [Joseph Hooker], 1881 [81.00.00h]. 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/1880-9/1881/81-00-00h-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

[1881]
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editorial addition. The assigned date is the earliest that the note is likely to have been writtten, and is based on location in the bound file and the period in which discussions on Phylloxera took place. Hooker was the recipient of M's earlier correspondence on the disease.
Have wood-ashes been tried in sufficient quantity, to ascertain their effect on the Phylloxera of Vine-roots?