25/7/67
I hope, dear Dr Hooker, you have been able to send the Victorian timber on loan to Kew.2 From the enclosed notice you will observe how unfavorably the Victorian Collection is critizised.3 The Commission here had far too little means available for their purpose, to see the real resources of our country well represented. The 30 copies of the 3 vol have just arrived.4 Many thanks. Before I forget it I would mention, as I told you at the time that £50 - - was placed at your disposal & sent to the Homecommissioners5 for the transit of timber. I am so worried & my strength is so exhausted, that after having been away not a day from duty for nearly six years I am absolutely obliged to seek for a few weeks change of air.
Your regardful
Ferd Mueller
Please cite as “FVM-67-07-25a,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/67-07-25a