The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 14/4/80 ¶ ¶ This day brought me, dear Mr Bentham, a copy of the new part of the “opus magnum”, ¶ adressed in your handwriting. Accept my best thanks for this graceful gift. The mail closes tomorrow,...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 265. 80.04.14

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Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1880-04-14. 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/1880-9/1880/80-04-14-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

14/4/80

This day brought me, dear Mr Bentham, a copy of the new part of the “opus magnum”,

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83), vol 3, part 1 was published on 7 February 1880 (TL2).

adressed in your handwriting. Accept my best thanks for this graceful gift. The mail closes tomorrow, so I have no leisure to look through the work, but it will be a treasure for all times.

It is quite marvellous to me, that your mental power is not flagging, & that your eyesight permits you to enter on such a gigantic task as the thousandfold dissection of , needed for the “genera” May health & strenght be spared to you, to bring the great work with Sir Josephs aid to conclusion.

With regardful attachment your

Ferd. von Mueller.