The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 12/4/81 ¶ ¶ You asked me repeatedly, dear Sir Joseph, for seeds of Epacrideae. ¶ Herewith a few. But the seeds of drupaceous Epacrideae must be ¶ enucleated ¶ , as the small seeds could not burst t...

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Physical location:

RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 300. 81.04.12a

Plant names

Epacrideae
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1881-04-12 [81.04.12a]. 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/1880-9/1881/81-04-12a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

12/4/81

MS annotation: 'JS'.

You asked me repeatedly, dear Sir Joseph, for seeds of .

See, for example, J. Hooker to M, 11 July 1869 and May 14 1870, and M's responses to letters not found, for example, M to J. Hooker, September 1869. No such request occurs in surviving letters from Hooker in 1879 or 1880.

Herewith a few. But the seeds of drupaceous must be enucleated , as the small seeds could not burst the hard putamen. Nature helps in this way, by the bush-fires, which scorch the endocarp. I found a rasp the best implement to set free the seeds.

There is no signature, but the letter is in M's handwriting.