May 3 /77.
Dear Mueller
Enclosed are all the sheets of the School Flora that we have hitherto received2 — It will be a great pity if it cannot be published, though I must confess I do not like to see the introduction of such new terms as fruitlets in place of carpels which every child should be taught.
I cannot find any one to recommend the sending you the Elymi 3 in Sea-Sand nor were the plants to survive the voyage, would they be multiplied into a useful quantity [under] many years. What you really want is for Govts to take up such a matter in a large & liberal scale or not at all.
Ever most sincy Yr
Jos D. Hooker
Elymus
Please cite as “FVM-77-05-03a,” 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 23 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/77-05-03a