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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1882-1890, second and third un-numbered folios after folio f. 159. 85.10.07
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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1885-10-07. 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/1880-9/1885/85-10-07-final.odt>, accessed May 10, 2026
7/10/85
Your excellent son,
dear Sir Joseph, was introduced by me to H. Exc. the Governor,
also to some other influential people. My own idea is, that the young Gentleman should
endeavour, to get as a Volunteer on some pastoral estate, best near some mining District,
so that he can keep up his researches on mining resources as a byework.
1
Brian Hooker. See also M to J. Hooker, 2 October 1885.
2
Sir Henry Loch.
In Australia the best road to fortune is in rearing sheep; far inland and on places
with
permanent
water prosperity in pastoral pursuits is certain, while at best in mining affairs
it is an
uncertainty
. One year is sufficient, to gain all the experience needed; it would cost almost
nothing, and surely your son has some youthful friends in Britain with some few hundred
£ each, to join him after the year on a new pastoral establishment of their own, where
for some time they could do much of their work themselves.
Regardfully
your
Ferd. von Mueller.
I had a kind letter from Sir John Lubbock, in acknowledgement of Mrs Lewellens
-leaves.
He sent her and also me copies of his important essay on leaves.
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3
Letter not found. See G. Lewellen to M, 29 May 1885, and M to J. Hooker, 30 May 1885 and notes thereto.
4
Lubbock (1885).
I shall write soon to the President of the Linneans
and Mrs L. whe[re] [I] [can] send more leaves
5
Sir John Lubbock was President of the Linnean Society of London from 1881 to 1886
(Gage & Stearn (1988), p. 219).
6
The text treated as a postscript is on a separate undated sheet bound between this
letter and f. 160.