To Joseph Hooker   7 October 1881

7/10/81.1

 

Being in sparehours engaged on work concerning polynesian plants, dear Sir Joseph, I like to ask you, whether any special memoirs have very recently appeared on any of the South Sea Island plants. You can readily imagine, that here - at such a distance and with such slender means, the literature of the day does come only very imperfectly under my notice, and that I get real access to new publications more imperfectly still.

As I have on many occasions afforded information to Kew, I feel sure, that with your usual willingness to aid others, you will kindly enlighten me on this subject.

Regardfully your

Ferd von Mueller2

1
MS annotation by Hooker: 'And'. See J. Hooker to M, 24 November 1881.
2

MS annotation by D. Oliver on blank page opposite text: 'Wawra Beiträge Flora z d Hawai’schen Inseln. Flora 1872-1873 List in Horne’s Fiji & see Baker’s list of ferns in Journal Botany (1879. 292)'.

The works referred to are Wawra von Fersee (1872-3), Horne ( 1881) and J. Baker (1879).

Please cite as “FVM-81-10-07,” 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 3 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/81-10-07