The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne Botanic Garden ¶ 12/6/68 ¶ ¶ By the Lincolnshire, ¶ ¶ dear Dr Hooker, you will receive Box 42, containing Monochlamydeae according to the byefollowing Index. ¶ Pray inform Mr Bentham, th...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 323. 68.06.12a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1868-06-12 [68.06.12a]. 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/1860-9/1868/68-06-12a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Melbourne Botanic Garden

12/6/68

By the Lincolnshire, dear Dr Hooker, you will receive Box 42, containing according to the byefollowing Index.

Index not found.

Pray inform Mr Bentham, that the rest of the , the & Salsolaceae will be shipped within the next weeks by the first klipper, perhaps also the Polygoneae, unless I am hindered by unforseen interruptions. I intend then to send the , & first, keeping the til the last, but shall be guided by Mr Bentham's wishes.

The specimens were not sent in the order listed. Box 43, sent on 7 July 1868, contained , and . The main collections of and Salsolaceae were not sent until Boxes 49 and 50, after the had been sent (RB MSS M44, Notebook recording despatch of plants for Bentham for Flora australiensis, Library, RBG Melbourne).

As yet I have no information of the arrival of Box 36 pr True Britain,

True Briton? RB MSS M44, Notebook recording despatch of plants for Bentham for Flora australiensis , Library, RBG Melbourne, lists case 36 as sent 23 January 1868 by 'True Britain', i.e., True Briton, which was cleared out of Hobson's Bay on 27 January 1868 ( Argus , 28 January 1868, p. 4). Cases 39 and 40 were sent per ‘Great Britain, 14 March’, the date the vessel is reported to have cleared out ( Argus , 16 March 1868, p. 4). Dover Castle cleared out on 14 February 1868 and Norfolk on 29 February 1868 ( Argus , 15 February 1868, p. 4; 2 March 1868. p. 4).

of 37 pr. Dover Castle, of 38 pr Norfolk and of 39 & 40 pr Great Britain.

See G. Bentham to M, 18 June 1868 (in this edition as 68-06-18c). The entries for each of these consignments in M’s notebook are marked ‘arrived, teleg. July mail’; telegram not found.

By the Essex last month I sent a large box (41) chiefly with .

With regardful salutation

Ferd von Mueller

The will fill also a large box.