The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 2/8/87. ¶ ¶ Kindly tell me, dear Professor Kirk, what is the greatest height that any Veronica in N.Z. does attain under the most favorable circumstances and at its advanced age. ¶ ¶ I send you now ...

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LS/2/90/309 (87/353) inward letters, Secretary for Crown Lands (Forests and Agricultural Branch), National Archives of New Zealand, Wellington. 87.08.02b

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Eucalyptus Gunnii
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Eucalyptus marginata
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Eucalyptus rostrata
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Eucalyptus tereticornis
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Kirk, 1887-08-02 [87.08.02b]. 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/1880-9/1887/87-08-02b-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

2/8/87.

Kindly tell me, dear Professor Kirk, what is the greatest height that any in N.Z. does attain under the most favorable circumstances and at its advanced age.

I send you now some seeds of , which yields excellent timber, and is easier and quicker reared than E. marginata.

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller

I am so glad to learn that you are now getting quite well again. Seeds of Euc. Gunnii and E. rostrata are now being purposely collected for you, in quantities indicated by you as required.

See T. Kirk to M, 8 June 1887.