The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden, ¶ 24. Aug. 1860 ¶ My dear Dr Hooker. ¶ ¶ That Mr Bentham has decided on giving preference to the Hong Kong flora ¶ over that of Universal Australian one is, I do...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, un-numbered letter after f. 45. 60.08.24

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1860-08-24. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/60-08-24>, accessed April 17, 2025

Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden,

24. Aug. 1860

My dear Dr Hooker.

That Mr Bentham has decided on giving preference to the Hong Kong flora

Bentham (1861a).

over that of Universal Australian one is, I do not conceal it, an agreable intelligence to me,

See J. Hooker to M, 14 May 1860.

as it will give me many opportunities meanwhile of bringing my own observations more fully to publication, whilst unquestionably the work of Mr Bentham will afterwards thereby facilitated & accelerated. I have seen in this measure an act of generosity from the side of your celebrated friend and may perhaps interpret it likewise as a token of respect towards myself. In both cases I am under great obligation and it has hightened my esteems for Mr Bentham, for whom I have always entertained that admiration, which even one personally unacquainted with him must fully feel, when merely regarding his labours in the field of science.

I have written to your venerable father about some new positions in the system for some old plants.

Almost certainly M to W. Hooker, 25 August 1860, in this edition as 60-08-25a.

Perhaps I may enjoy your opinion on the point.

I am working now up the of Australia for the Victoria flora

B62.03.03.

& the Fragmenta. I have some pretty new [e] in the herbarium which will appear in the 14 No of my Fragmenta.

M described gracilipes, B. heterophylla, B. nematophylla, B. semifertilis, and B. subcoerulea in B60.11.03, pp. 98-100.

I shall have a difficult task to finish the

B62.03.03.

before the end of the year, as the will yet fully absorb[e] 80 more pages of quarto letterpress & I can seldom work except on Sundays — & have two journeys to perform to Cape Howe & Mount BawBaw. If Mr Edw Wilson pays you a visit, pray let this noble-hearted man have the best opportunity of becoming acquainted with your magnificent establishment.

Ever your attached

Ferd Mueller

Dr Beckler has taken his departure as Botanist & Surgeon in the Victorian Camel Expedition.

Burke & Wills Exploring Expedition, 1860-1.