Melbourne bot Garden
12/3/71
Since you left, dear Dr Lewellyn, I have reflected further on your kind proposition to send under the care of your nephew something to England, and selected two very rare plants, which I would be glad to see conveyed by the young Gentleman to Kew.
Dr Hooker will be very glad to receive these 2 plants for the Royal Garden of Kew, where they could be multiplied from cuttings, if once there.1
All that your nephew would require to do is this, to sprinkle daily a little fresh water over the plants and to place them in a spot of his cabin, where they have some light. On a still day he could take the plants occasionally out on deck in the morning and evening, but not to expose them to a strong midday heat.
With best regard
Ferd von Mueller
Will you some day favor me with your photogram for the series of pictures of my scientific friends, and I will gladly send my poor one in exchange.2
Please cite as “FVM-71-03-12,” 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