June 10 /81.
Dear Von Mueller
I enclose Oliver's note1 about the Acacia, our Brunonian specimens of deltoidea are miserable. We are now overhauling a whole heap of Brown's unarranged plants to complete our set, & are putting aside the first set of duplicates for you. Brown's collections were enormous, it is marvellous what he did in that little ship! — incredible. — After the Brit. Mus. had sent us the set intended for us by Bennett, it sent a further load, & it is this latter we are now sorting & selecting from previous to distribution.2
The Cycad will be most acceptable to Dyer3 — who is perfecting our Cycad Herbm & living collection indefatigably. We should be thankful for flat-dried fronds, old & young, of any Cycads & especially of this new one. Dyer is forming a Herbarium collection on large paper to which contributions will be most acceptable — the size is 2 x 1 3/4 ft.
Our collection of drawings is also very complete, & of the photographs also
Very sincerely yr
Jos D Hooker
Acacia deltoidea
Please cite as “FVM-81-06-10,” 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 29 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/81-06-10