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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1891-1896, f. 26. 92.07.04b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1892-07-04 [92.07.04b ]. 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/1890-6/1892/92-07-04b-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

4/7/92
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Date stamped: Royal Gardens Kew 8. Aug. 92; annotated in black ink by John Baker: JGB 8/8/92; in red by William Hemsley: Ackd. 10.8.92 and Sir JDH; and in red-ink by Thiselton-Dyer: And 12/8/92 (letters not found).
Let me offer my best felicitation, dear Dr Dyer, on the occasion of her gracious Majesty having conferred on you the dignity of C.I.E.,
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Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire; Thiselton-Dyer was appointed in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, 24 May 1892 (Times, 25 May 1892, p. 10, col. b).
so well merited. As you are still far from the autumn of your life, you will be able to enjoy this honor for many years.
Always regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Kindly mention
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The sentence has been altered by deletion and interlining. M did not delete that after mention but the word has been editorially deleted to preserve the sense of the altered passage.
to Sir Joseph Hooker that the true
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has been found in Tasmania this spring by Mr Rodway.
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Annotated in black ink opposite the postscript by John Baker: I have told Sir JDH/JGB.