From Charles Moore to George Bentham   19 February 1876

Botanic Gardens,

Sydney 19th Feby 1876

Dear Mr Bentham

By my friend Dr Reid I send you a few specimens taken from trees the timber of which was considered sufficiently valuable to send as examples of our indeginous woods for the Philadelphia Exhibition.¹ As these woods will ultimately be sent to Kew to form part of the collection of this Colony there, you may perhaps be interested to examine the specimens and if determinable inform me of the result of your examination. I regret much that I was unable to collect better material for your judgement. I shall however endeavour to procure both flowers and fruit of most of the kinds as soon as possible. Hitherto the specimens of my collecting have been sent to you through Dr Mueller of Melbourne, but that gentleman has not only ceased to have any correspondence with me, but has adopted the unjustifiable course of giving in recent numbers of his Fragmenta, the credit to Carron one of my employees of having discovered the plants collected by myself, and in localities where he never was e.g. the Bellinger River.² The same course has been pursued of late when any reference is made to the plants of Lord Howes Island — in nearly every case my name is wholly ignored. This is very contemptible, and I cannot therefore have any further dealings with Mueller — but will forward to you direct, anything that I may think will interest you.³

I remain

very truly yours

Charles Moore

Geo Bentham Esq