The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Eight Mile Plains ¶ Nr Brisbane 14 Oct 1881 ¶ Baron Von Mueller C.M.G. ¶ Dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have to thank you for sending me your Fragmenta Phyt. Aust 93 ¶ also Your Record of some Orchids from the Samo...

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Physical location:

RB MSS M10, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 81.10.14a

Plant names

Cedrela glabra
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Preferred Citation:

Walter Hill to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-10-14 [81.10.14a]. 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/1880-9/1881/81-10-14a-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

MS annotation by M: 'Answ 25/10/81'. Letter not found.

Eight Mile Plains

Nr Brisbane 14 Oct 1881

Baron Von Mueller C.M.G.

M had been appointed C.M.G. in 1869 and knighted K.C.M.G. in 1879.

Dear Sir

I have to thank you for sending me your Fragmenta Phyt. Aust 93

B81.08.03.

also Your Record of some Orchids from the Samoan Islands

B81.10.04.

— And also for the packet of seeds of

Name not found in APNI or IPNI but in Plants of the World on Line ( https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:577746-1 ) it is given as a synonym of Toona sinensis (all indexes accessed 2 September 2022). The name is used in B81.01.04, in the discussion under Cedrela australis.

— all of which is most welcome —

I enclose 2 specimen of very beautiful bulb plants gathered by me this and last month which I hope will interest you.

Yours truly

Walter Hill