Melbourne bot. Garden
6/9/71.
Do not think, my good and dear Mr Bentham, that I am unmindful of you and your requirements, because I passed a mail or two without writing. While you are yet amidst the "genera"1 there was no necessity to disturb you, besides the forest- & industrial affairs of the Country have absorbed my spare moments for some months past.2 Whenever I learn from you, I will send supplemental material, orchideae &c
It is marvellous, with what ease you at your venerable age are still working.
Ever your regardful
Baron Ferd. von Mueller.
orchideae
Please cite as “FVM-71-09-06a,” 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