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From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Horticultural Society   [Nov 1887]

[Rhododendron Carringtoniae. — Baron von Mueller sent a description of this new species, which occurs on almost inaccessible declivities of Mount Obree,1 at elevations of 6000 – 7000 feet. The corolla is white. (From Vict. Naturalist, November. 1887.)2]

Rhododendron Carringtoniae

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Papua New Guinea.

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B87.11.02.

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Letter not found. The text given here is from the report of the meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, London, held on 10 January 1888, Gardeners' chronicle, 21 January 1888. The letter is dated to November 1887 as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been considered at that meeting.

Please cite as “FVM-87-11-00f,” 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/87-11-00f