The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: London ¶ 25, WILTON PLACE. S.W. ¶ March 17 /70 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ Enclosed is a bill of lading a duplicate of one I presume you will have received direct — for a box sent off a few days since containi...

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RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 70.03.17

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Preferred Citation:

George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-03-17. 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/1870-9/1870/70-03-17-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

London

25, WILTON PLACE. S.W.

March 17 /70

My dear Sir

Enclosed is a bill of lading a duplicate of one I presume you will have received direct — for a box sent off a few days since containing all the Orders preceeding and I believe two or three parcels of . I shall have another box packed in a few days. With an occasional interruption from the weather which with my sciatica has sometimes prevented my going out to Kew I have been progressing steadily in having now all but finished . The having to analyse the flowers in almost every species takes some time yet Meissner's work

Meisner (1856).

facilitates it much. The thing I do not agree with him is in the number of species. Up to inclusive he has 226 and I think that including the few new ones I have not quite 190

I send by this mail the first two sheets of the new volume

Bentham (1863-78), vol. 5, pp.1-32.

— six more sheets are in type but I have not yet the clean proofs. The new printer appears to get through his work as well as the former one.

See G. Bentham to M, 20 January 1870.

Ever yours sincerely

George Bentham

Dr F. Mueller