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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 33. 72.02.15

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Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1872-02-15. 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/1870-9/1872/72-02-15-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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15/2/72
I am just informed, dear Mr Bentham, that the money (£100 –) is available for you, whenever you may call at the Office of the Agent General so Mr Verdon writes.
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Letter not found.
Always your
Ferd. von Mueller
Your letter of Christmas day just arrives.
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G. Bentham to M, 25 December 1871.
What a splendid contribution to science the new vol. of genera will be!
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Bentham & Hooker (1862-83), vol. 2.
I am glad you have the 6th vol of the flora in your masterhands.
I will despatch shortly the rest of the
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(Suppl.)
Pray tell me, whether you want the Orchideae.
May your health continue good.
After writing I got from the wreck of the Rangoon your letter of 24 Sept still readable though for days or weeks at the bottom of the sea!
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G. Bentham to M, 24 September 1871. Rangoon struck a rock while leaving Galle Harbour on 1 November 1871 (Argus, 27 November 1871, p. 5). The ink of this letter is now much more faded than that of Bentham’s other letters to M.
I know your wishes for
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now and will attend to them. If you desire really Palms (as mentioned) then they are with Wendland.
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See H. Wendland & Drude (1875). See also G. Bentham to M, 15 November 1876, and G. Bentham to M, 30 April 1877.
But they cannot be placed remote from
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and
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