22/8/66
My dear Sir Redmond,
Is it too late to write to the British Consul in the Fiji Islands for contributions to our Exhibition? I think not, as the communication from Sydney is frequent and rapid, nor would it be necessary that these articles should be here at the very commencement of the Exhibition. The Fiji and indeed others of the Pacific Islands are commercially closely related to Australia, and their products of wool, cotton, cocosoil,1 spices, sago, arrow-root &c are important. In the Fiji now large Mocca Coffee2 plantations exist from one original plant I sent there from this Garden3
your regardful
Ferd. Mueller.
coconut oil?
M sent three plants to Fiji c.1862, describing them as 'mocha coffee' (M to J. McCulloch, 30 September 1865; B65.O8.07; B65.10.02). In B95.08.04, p. 134, he identifies 'Mocha-coffee' as a variety of Coffea arabica.
MS inscription probably by Barry: 'Copy of Letter to Gov of N Caledonia & the [...] for Consul of Fiji Islands'.
Please cite as “FVM-66-08-22a,” 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