The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: July 22 1866 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I was very glad to hear of the safe arrival of the Lincolnshire with the Eucalypti ¶ — I was rather uneasy after the loss of the London ¶ and knowing that the Lincoln...

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RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 66.07.22

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Preferred Citation:

George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1866-07-22. 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//letters/1860-9/1866/66-07-22-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

July 22 1866

My dear Sir

I was very glad to hear of the safe arrival of the Lincolnshire with the Eucalypti

See M to G. Bentham, 23 April 1866 (in this edition as 66-04-23a) and 26 May 1866 (in this edition as 66-05-26b).

— I was rather uneasy after the loss of the London

The emigrant steamship London sank in a gale in the Bay of Biscay on 10 January 1866 (London Times , 18 January 1866, p. 9).

and knowing that the Lincolnshire herself had to put back from the mouth of the Thames — however it is now all right

I have just received yours of the 26th May— I am rather disappointed at the remaining not being yet sent off. Before I left town early in the present month I had almost finished all except and and a portion of — and I think that a month's work on my return to town in September will finish the whole. I shall therefore resume printing I hope in the middle of October and I should much regret the having to close the without your specimens You will have received by last mail the printed sheets up to — the last incomplete sheet in proof only

I am now enjoying a little rest in the Country, having only brought out with me a little working in writing out for the press etc.

Yours very sincerely

George Bentham