From Walter Hill to Ferdinand von Mueller   14 Oct 1881

Eight Mile Plains

Nr Brisbane 14 Oct 1881

Baron Von Mueller C.M.G.1

Dear Sir

I have to thank you for sending me your Fragmenta Phyt. Aust 932 also Your Record of some Orchids from the Samoan Islands3 — And also for the packet of seeds of Cedrela glabra4 — all of which is most welcome —

I enclose 2 specimen of very beautiful bulb plants gathered by me this and last month which I hope will interest you.

Yours truly

Walter Hill

Cedrela glabra

M had been appointed C.M.G. in 1869 and knighted K.C.M.G. in 1879.

B81.08.03.

B81.10.04.

Name not found in APNI or IPNI but in Plants of the World on Line (https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:577746-1) it is given as a synonym of Toona sinensis (all indexes accessed 2 September 2022). The name is used in B81.01.04, in the discussion under Cedrela australis.

MS annotation by M: 'Answ 25/10/81'. Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-81-10-14a,” 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/81-10-14a