The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 12/7/85 ¶ ¶ Would there be any chance, dear Sir Joseph, to ascertain still, whether the big Eucalyptus tree, which stood so many years in the open air at Haddington, ¶ and which may be there still, ...

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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1882-1890, f. 154. 85.07.12

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Araucaria imbricata
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Eucalyptus Gunnii
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Eucalyptus viminalis
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1885-07-12. 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/1880-9/1885/85-07-12-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

12/7/85

Annotated by J. Hooker [I B] Balfour asked | JH.

Neither Hooker’s letter to Balfour nor any reply from Balfour has been found either at Kew or at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Would there be any chance, dear Sir Joseph, to ascertain still, whether the big Eucalyptus tree, which stood so many years in the open air at Haddington,

About 30 km east of Edinburgh, Scotland.

and which may be there still, does really belong to E. viminalis, as Prof. Balfour said. Perhaps it is your E. Gunnii.

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller

Perhaps of this Haddington-Eucalyptus a specimen may be procured in Balfour’s Herbarium; the tree may have succumbed in the cold winter, when perished.

The winter of 1880-81 (See Gardener's monthly and horticulturist, vol 24, 1882, p. 125: ‘The destruction of trees on Lord Haddington’s estate … was so wholesale that the beauty of his place is entirely destroyed.’)