Botanical Gardens, Melbourne,
September 14th, 1859.
My dear Sir —
The great Humboldt, had he been spared to us, would have attained this day his 90th year. Very considerately the German Association has chosen this day for a solemn festival in memory of him whom we must regard as the greatest genius of this century. Responding on this occasion to a request of my countrymen, to deliver one of the necrologs,1 I am unable to be present at the meeting of the Philosophical Institute convened for this evening.
Yours most regardfully
Ferdinand Mueller
John Macadam, Esq., M.D.,
Honorary Secretary of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria2
Please cite as “FVM-59-09-14,” 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