The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 2[2] /7/95 ¶ ¶ Learning, dear Mr Carruthers, that you by superannuation are ceding from the Administration of the phytologic branch of the Brit. Nat Hist. museum, I feel that I should offer you my wa...

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Natural History Museum, London, Museum Archives, DF404/5, folder 71, Mueller, Sir FJH von. 95.07.22

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Carruthers, 1895-07-22. 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/1890-6/1895/95-07-22-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

2[2] /7/95

Learning, dear Mr Carruthers, that you by superannuation are ceding from the Administration of the phytologic branch of the Brit. Nat Hist. museum, I feel that I should offer you my warmest thanks for the friendly consideration, shown me through out your whole official course.

William Carruthers was Keeper of Botany from 1871-95. See Gardeners' Chronicle, 1 June 1895, p. 688.

To this appreciation of your kindness I would wish to add a sincere hope, that divine providence will grant you a long serene autumn of life, that thus you may witness the further progress of the Institution, brought by you to such an eminence and high renown, and that you may though with no official resources direct at your command, still to the achievements, which will ever connect you with the science of plants.

If there is anything, that from an antipodal distance I can do for giving you pleasure or aiding your further objects, it shall be done with the utmost readiness.

With regardful and grateful remembrance your

Ferd von Mueller.