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From Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller   31 Oct 1864

Office of Lands & Survey.

Melbourne, 31st Octr 1864.

Dear Sir,

I shall be obliged by your informing me the botanical name of the tree of the foliage of which the enclosed is a specimen.1 It is found near the gullies at the head of the Acheron river,2 and is described to me as a beautiful tree, attaining a considerable size, the stem being in some instances about two feet in diameter.3

I remain, Dear Sir,

Yours very truly,

C. Hodgkinson

Dr Mueller

Government Botanist

&c, &c, &c.

1

Specimen not found, but M identified it as the Australian beech, Fagus cunninghami, in M to [C. Hodgkinson], 1 November 1864.

2

Vic.

3

See also J. Lewis to M, 5 November 1864 (in this edition as 64-11-05a).

Please cite as “FVM-64-10-31b,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/64-10-31b