The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 8/10/72 ¶ ¶ The Case with Euphorbiaceae, dear Mr Bentham, has come back to me in perfect safety since last I wrote. The anxieties in my almost upset Department leave me no res...

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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-1881, f. 65. 72.10.08

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Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1872-10-08. 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/72-10-08>, accessed September 11, 2025

Melbourne bot. Garden

8/10/72

The Case with , dear Mr Bentham, has come back to me in perfect safety since last I wrote. The anxieties in my almost upset Department leave me no rest to write to you just now at length.

I am exceedingly pleased with the progress of the work, and as the are on their way to you by the "Somersetshire"-Steamer you will not be hindered or delayed. Should the not prove sufficient for finishing the volume, then I will at once send off the and any other orders you may wish to include. Should I not write again, then let me ask now already, that my Baronial Rank may be recognized on the title page. I simply ask this for 2 reasons.

1. its omission might throw a doubt on its genu[e]ness.

2. because it is hereditary and I have reason to think it will aid in brightening my future and make me independent by the alliance with an influencial and independent family.

The family has not been identified. This letter was written three years after a previous fiancée, Rebecca Nordt, had married Arthur Moule (Brown-May & Maroske, 1994). See also Lucas (2013a).

With grateful remembrance of all your goodness and with my best wishes for your health and happiness

Ferd von Mueller.

In letters from the Duke of Buckingham, Earl Granville, also from the Duke of Argylls Department

The India Office (Cook & Keith (1975)).

my title is fully acknowledged

See, for example, Lord Granville to M, 8 December 1871, and the Duke of Buckingham to M, 9 December 1871.