The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ London ¶ Oct 2 1868 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Having now returned to town for the winter I have resumed printing. Three more sheets are in type but I have not the clean copies in tim...

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RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 68.10.02

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Preferred Citation:

George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1868-10-02. 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/1860-9/1868/68-10-02-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

25, WILTON PLACE, S.W.

London

Oct 2 1868

My dear Sir

Having now returned to town for the winter I have resumed printing. Three more sheets are in type but I have not the clean copies in time for this mail and must defer them till the next. They contain & the commencement of .

Bentham (1863-78), vol. 4, pp. 369-416.

The remainder of that family and are at the printers and I am now at . I hope to get

Called Lentibularieae in Bentham (1863-78), vol. 4, pp. 523-33.

and small Personate orders into this volume but and must stand over for the 5th

In the end, appeared in the 4th volume.

In that volume after the above and small allied orders I shall take the Curvembryous orders ( & ) then the

were held over until the 6th volume.

etc which I suppose will fill up the 5th vol. leaving the and other Orders of reduced structure for the 6th

I found on my arrrival in town your which had come by the Essex but you will see by the above that it will be long before I shall come to them. This however is not of much consequence as they have been so recently worked up by J Mueller Baillon and yourself.

I have received your letters of June and July for which many thanks — I see nothing requiring

The page is torn at this point, and the following text is inserted from a fragment found elsewhere in the file.

special answer but to thank you for all your good wishes and I get so tired of writing that I have not patience to enter into long correspondence.

As soon as this volume is printed I shall be obliged to proceed slowly as I have two or three other things that I must get on with — I shall however keep on steady work as long as I am able

Ever yours sincerely

George Bentham

The box per Lincolnshire just received