The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 25/2/73 ¶ ¶ I hardly remember, dear Mr Bentham, whether I mentioned to you last mail, that Blancoa and Androstemmea constitute only sections of Conostylis. All Haemodoraceae an...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 75. 73.02.25

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Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1873-02-25. 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/1870-9/1873/73-02-25-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Melbourne bot Garden

25/2/73

I hardly remember, dear Mr Bentham, whether I mentioned to you last mail, that and constitute only sections of . All and

M published his analysis of and in B73.03.02, pp 17-27.

as well as all true and probably also all allied orders will be shipped to you next month, leaving only here then of all .

Among the additions recently made to the plants of Victoria are; , , , .

I certainly will send a series of Fici [&] Bureau as you desire

See G. Bentham to M, 17 December 1872.

shall certainly have a series of the Australian Fici and I will send him at the same time all my extraaustralian ones and the &c. It is miraculous how rapidly and safely you get over even such difficult things as these Figs, when the analysis requires such a firm hand for manipulating the dissections, and when also the eyesight of one of venerable age is not though

thought?

generally acute enough for the minutiae of such work.

May Providence grant you long yet strenght, both mentally & physically, for your glorious work.

Always with deep regards your

Ferd. von Mueller