28/8/81.
Herewith, dear Miss Walker, I return to you the flowerpaintings, just received here for naming. The one flower, perhaps a Pultenaea, I cannot recognize. It is in all such instances well, to preserve & dry the original specimen, from which all the paintings are made, as it is so easy to do so and allows of dissecting, when the analysis of the flowers is needed to discriminate between allied species.
The drawings are very pretty, gay and graceful and as general sketches excellent; of course it will depend on the manner of workmanship in engraving on stone and on their subsequent coloration, how the plates will finally appear.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Pultenaea
Please cite as “FVM-81-08-28,” 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