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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1882-90, f. 217. 87.01.12b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1887-01-12 [87.01.12b]. 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/1880-9/1887/87-01-12b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS is stamped Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 26 Feb 1887 and annotated in purple pencil by Thiselton-Dyer: And 28.1.87 [letter not found].
W Thiselton Dyer Esq
CMG &c.
Director Roy bot
Garden of
Kew
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.?W Thiselton Dyer ... Kew is written upside-down with respect to the text beginning 12/1/87.
Original folds would have exposed this address, but there is no seal, stamp, or postmark, which suggests this may have been one of a packet of letters.
12/1/87
I am delighted to learn, dear Mr Dyer, that H.R.H.’s Private Secretary is so pleased with the Eucalyptography. The copy for presentation to the Heir of the Crown
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Edward, Prince of Wales.
was sent by Sir George Verdon , the Chairman of the trustees of the public Library here; through which all Gov presentations are made from the several Departments here by order of the Premier. I am not a trustee.
If
Livistona Mariae

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did not germinate from the fruits sent, I can secure a fresh supply. As it is such a rare palm, you ought to have it there.
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If Livistona ... have it there. is marked in the margin with a red pencil line.
The way is a long one, as it takes so much time, before such seeds come to Melbourne. Like with Acorns &c, the embryo should not exsiccate
I am dead tired at the eve of the mail-departure.
So good-bye.
Ferd von Mueller.
Have made arrangements to send several good strong plants of the genuine
Xanthorrhoea australis

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from here about Easter.
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See M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 21 July 1886 (in this edition as 86-07-21a), and notes thereto.