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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,
1
Brian Hooker. See also M to J. Hooker, 2 October 1885.
dear Sir Joseph, was introduced by me to H. Exc. the Governor,
2
Sir Henry Loch.
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.
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.
3
Letter not found. See G. Lewellen to M, 29 May 1885, and M to J. Hooker, 30 May 1885 and notes thereto.
He sent her and also me copies of his important essay on leaves.
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Lubbock (1885).
I shall write soon to the President of the Linneans
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Sir John Lubbock was President of the Linnean Society of London from 1881 to 1886 (Gage & Stearn (1988), p. 219).
and Mrs L. whe[re] [I] [can] send more leaves
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The text treated as a postscript is on a separate undated sheet bound between this letter and f. 160.