Caldew Hobart1
5 Oct 1874
My dear Sir
Alderman Risby has just handed me this slip of our curious shrub. He says it was sent by a Mr Curtis2 of Kew on your side of the water. It may be that it is a broken piece from Mr Twentyman's tree,3 or from the one I sent you. If not we may, by the help of Mr Curtis, find out the history of the stranger in the green.
Yours truly
J W Graves.
Baron Von Müeller
Melbourne
'Caldew' is a house name, see ADB entry for John Woodcock Graves (http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/graves-john-woodcock-3654, accessed 23 October 2018).
Not identified.
Allusion not identified.
MS found with a specimen of Ozothamnus argophyllum (MEL 720677), a specimen 'cultivated in Mr Curtis's Garden in Kew, Melbourne, Victoria'. Specimen MEL 720754 has a label in M's hand: 'Helichrysum (Ozothamnus) Gravesii gunnii var FvM, J W Graves, Tasm'; the sheet has a packet endorsed in M's hand 'Helichrysum gravesii'.
Please cite as “FVM-74-10-05,” 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