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87.11.00f

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Horticultural Society, 1887-11 [87.11.00f]. 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/1880-9/1887/87-11-00f-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from the report of the meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, London, held on 10 January 1888, Gardeners' chronicle , 21 January 1888. The letter is dated to November 1887 as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been considered at that meeting.
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Rhododendron Carringtoniae

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. — Baron von Mueller sent a description of this new species, which occurs on almost inaccessible declivities of Mount Obree,
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Papua New Guinea.
at elevations of 6000 – 7000 feet. The corolla is white. (From Vict. Naturalist , November. 1887.)
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B87.11.02.
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