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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-1870, f. 245. 66.11.27a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1866-11-27 [66.11.27a]. 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/1860-9/1866/66-11-27a-final.odt>, accessed August 13, 2026

27/11/66
I have to reply to a kind letter from you, dear Mr Bentham, received by last mail.
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Presumably G. Bentham to M, 25 September 1866.
You will receive the fascicles of
Monopetaleae

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in rapid succession, though I shall not be able to send any off until the jurors of the intercolonial Exhibition have done their work, and this will be at the beginning of 1867.
I presume you will be fully engaged on genera plantarum
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Bentham & Hooker (1862-83).
in the mean-while. I have so many additions to
Coralliflorae

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of late, that I cannot well send them off as they are and hence a little delay but otherwise the series of orders is almost ready.
Owenia cerasifera

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turns out, while I now received flowers, to be
Spondias pleiogyna

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M had described
Owenia cerasifera

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in B57.13.04, p. 305, and
Spondias pleiogyna

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in B64.02.01, p. 78.
I look forward with great interest to the conclusion of vol. III. In 1867 I shall be able to work more regularly on plants. I never had a year yet with so much extratoil & besides other miseries
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A reference to the collapse of M's engagement to Rebecca Nordt? See Maroske (1997).
as that now drawing to a close.
Let me hope that you preserve your health well,
your regardful
Ferd. Mueller
You will receive Drummonds plants with mine.