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RBG Kew, Directors' correspondence, vol. 162, ff 393-4 M70.03.04

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George Thwaites to Joseph Hooker, 1870-03-04 [M70.03.04]. 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/mentions/selected/M70-03-04-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

Peradeniya
Ceylon
4th March 1870
My dear Hooker
[Discusses botanical matters]
…
I heard from Moore of Sydney that, though v. Mueller continues the nominal Director of the Melbourne Garden, a Mr. Ferguson
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William Ferguson.
is virtually the Director having charge of the work in it, and that von Mueller is now really only the Government Botanist, and that he is in low spirits about it. I wrote some time ago congratulating v. Mueller upon being relieved from the mere garden duties,
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Letter not found.
thinking it would be a pleasant arrangement for him and not expecting it would have annoyed him. It makes one fear that his love of science does not sufficiently predominate over his appetite for κυδος
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kudos.
…
[Discusses botanical matters and field trips]