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DC - Directors' Correspondence
- 218 - Supplement Foreign Letters

Ref No	DC/218/108
Title	Letter and plant material from Ronald C.[Campbell] Gunn to Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, from Penquite, [Tasmania, Australia]
Description	Gunn thanks Hooker for another box of books, the most interesting of which was Hooker's FLORA ANTARTICA. Its plates are 'delicious' and he will remit whenever Hooker requests. Gunn recently tried to collect algae, but the Hebe reef was under water and inaccessible. They visited Barren Joey or Tenth Island east of the 'heads of George' but the tide was too far in when they arrived, so no single specimen was obtained despite all his effort, expense and sea sickness. Tenth Island did not even yield a lichen: the whole rock surface being white with sea bird dung. Gunn discusses plants obtained from a recent trip to the mountains, including Coprosma repens and Rannunculi. He collected masses of the green cushions of the Forstera, which he shall send. Hopefully next Tuesday he will go to Macquarie Harbour for the Huon pine, and discusses his route. During his absence he sends his family to Glen Leith. On 17 Jan, on the mountains, he obtained the enclosed two specimens of Aseroe rubra [attached, page three]. These specimens do not convey the brilliancy of the colours nor their abominable foetid smell. This is not the same fungus as the A. rubra in the LONDON JOURNAL OF BOTANY, vol 3, t.5. Brown has sent the completion of Gunn's set of the Linnean TRANSACTIONS and also the PLANTAE JAVANICAE RARIORES. Gunn lists books he would very much like, including Endlicher's GENERA PLANTARUM, Hendel's NOMENCLATOR BOTANICUS, number eleven of volume two of the JOURNAL OF BOTANY, and plate 432 of the ICONES PLANTARUM. Gunn asks Hooker to regularly send his various works as well as the ANNALS OF NATURAL HISTORY since 1843. He is having a Wards case constructed and hopes it will be finished by the time he returns from his trip, when he will fill it with Huon Pine, Athrotaxis and Fagus. He has about 100 Telopea truncata plants ready to send. [Letter continues dated 27 Jan] Gunn departs tomorrow on his old but 'capital' botanical horse 'Ball', the companion of many dozens of tough journeys. Gunn notes his broken 'pin' [leg] troubles him very little.
Date	24 Jan 1845
Multimedia	$1b\def8f4-46d4-45bb-ab76-58679ee897c0.jpg$
Creator	Gunn, Ronald Campbell
Collection Title	RBGK: Directors’ Correspondence
Level	Item
Extent	four page letter comprising four images

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