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Linnean Society of London, Archives, Guard Book 1880-85, f. 112. 82.04.09b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to B. Daydon Jackson, 1882-04-09 [82.04.09b]. 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/1880-9/1882/82-04-09b-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

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Annotated: 'R June/5 July'.
Easter
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Easter fell on 9 April in 1882.
1882
Could you kindly ascertain, dear Mr Jackson, whether in Sir Jam. Smith’s collection, kept by the L.S., any specimen occurs of what Aiton cultivated at Kew as
Casuarina stricta

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. If, as he asserts, it came from N. S Wales, it cannot be C. quadrivalvis; on the other hand in 1775 no Ship returned from Port Jackson, but Furneaux came then back from Tasmania.
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Furneaux was captain of HMS Adventure, which accompanied James Cook, on HMS Resolution, during the second of his three famous expeditions (1772-5). Adventure but not Resolution visited Tasmania in the course of the expedition.
C. quadrivalvis is the very reverse of strict
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stricta?
in its growth, being more pendulous in its foliage than any other species. The least fragment of Smith’s or Aiton’s plant i.e. the Kew plant would suffice for me to see, what it was really.
Regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller