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From Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller   29 June 18801

June 29 /80

My dear Mueller

As I do not know Dr MacGillivray's Xtian2 names & you do not say what they are, I cannot go ahead with his certificate for the Linnaean3 which I enclose for you to fill up & return to me when I will get it signed & sent in.

I will see to the nomenclature of the Eucalyptus polyanthemos. which has borne that name for many years in the Gardens.4 Its ultimate branches were much cut up by last winters frosts &c but it is budding now all along the leading branches.

Ever sincy yr

Jos D Hooker.

Eucalyptus polyanthemos

1

MS embossed with crest of Royal Gardens Kew.

2

Christian.

3

i.e. Linnean Society, London.

4

For MacGillivray proposal and E. polyanthemos, see M to J. Hooker, 13 May 1880, in this edition as 80-05-13a.

Please cite as “FVM-80-06-29,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/80-06-29