Colonial Museum
Wellington 4 Feby 1873
Dear Sir,
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 20 & 24 Ultimo1 and to thank you for the list of mosses of the Chatham Islands which are in time for publication in Vol V of the New Zealand Institute.2 The seeds of the Kentia from Lord Howes Is, you have kindly sent, have not yet come to hand.3
I remain
yours truly
James Hector
Baron Von Mueller, F.R.S.
Melbourne
Kentia
M to J. Hector, 20 January 1873 (in this edition as 73-01-20a), and M to J. Hector, 24 January 1873.
The mosses had been named by G. E. L. Hampe (see M. to J. Hector, 20 January 1873 (in this edition as 73-01-20a)) and were printed at the end of the paper read to the Wellington Philosophical Society in July 1872 (B73.05.01).
The seeds arrived shortly afterwards; see J. Hector to M, 13 February 1873 (in this edition as 73-02-13a).
Please cite as “FVM-73-02-04,” 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