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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Euphemia Henderson   23 Sep 1866

23/9/66

It is very gratifying to me, dear Miss, that you keep so kindly me in remembrance, a goodness, which I have but little deserved.1 Yesterday I intended to see you, after the crowd dispersed, but you were gone, before I could approach you. Let me hope that your health is good and that you are living in agreable surroundings.

I accept your friendly gratulation2 as a mark of friendly regards, but though I am not insensible to the honors, which now successively seven sovereigns have bestowed on me, yet I feel that all this tends but little to provide real happiness.

If there is anything in the Garden that you deem acceptable to Mr M’Haffie I will gladly send it when you proceed to Phillip Island.

I shall not fail to look at the pictures attentively, to which you allude.

With my very best wishes

your

Ferd Mueller

1

Henderson's letter to which M is evidently responding not found.

2

It would seem that Henderson had written to congratulate M on his latest knighthood, the Prussian Order of the Crown (see Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, to M, 9 June 1866).

Please cite as “FVM-66-09-23,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/66-09-23