18/2/80
Herewith I send you, dear Sir Joseph, 34 species of Eucalyptus-seeds, all correctly named, thinking that you may like to make an experiment of testing the respective hardiness of them in the Channel-Islands, where within British territory in Europe most Eucalypts ought to prosper.
The quantity of these seeds is sufficient to admit of subdivision. A few seeds of Acacia — of 6 sp. — are added.
Regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller
Acacia
Eucalyptus
MS annotation: 'Sent [Sp'] to Hanbury Naudin Playfair [Playfair' heavily deleted] Cork Scilly.' R. L. Playfair was Consul in Algiers.
Letters of thanks for the seeds were received at Kew from T. Hanbury [Palazzo Orengo, Mentone, Italy] to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 April 1880; from W. Sullivan [Cork] to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 13 April 1880; and from T. Dorrien-Smith [Scilly Isles] to W.Thiselton-Dyer, 14 April 1880. Dorrien-Smith was then sent ‘2 packets of Acacia seeds from Mueller’ in response to his request (Thiselton-Dyer annotation on letter of 14 April 1880).
Please cite as “FVM-80-02-18b,” 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 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/80-02-18b