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From Robert Leake to Ferdinand von Mueller   20 Aug 1884

Mooranoppin1 Aug 20th 1884

Dear Sir,

I have never lost sight of your request to send you a specimen of any rare shrub, and have tried to interest my neighbours in the same matter; yesterday [...] neighbour's son brought me the specimen I enclose, it is not what Baron von Mueller specially wrote about, but it is very rare in this part and may be of interest to him. Should he require a larger quantity of the shrub I shall be glad to get it and send it to him

R. B. Leake

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WA.

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MS found with a specimen of Codonocarpus cotinifolius (MEL 589672), accompanied by specimen label in M's hand, 'Codonocarpus 100 miles east of York 1884 | R. B. Leake'. MS appears to have been addressed to one of M's assistants but intended for him.

Please cite as “FVM-84-08-20b,” 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/84-08-20b