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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Dudley Best   26 June 1883

26/6/83.

I need not say, dear Mr Best, that I will be happy to see the members of the Field-Naturalists' Club at the "Herbarium"; and as you wish me to mention an afternoon of Saturday in July, I would suggest that of the 21st. It would be well, to mention, in the Circular not Museum but "Herbarium", — because a real botanic Museum was never formed for the general public; that portion of my collection, which was to commence the Museum of vegetable products, having gone to the technologic Museum in 1867; so that only one room since 1857 remained ever since for Museum-purposes, and that contains the "herbarium".1

I shall be personally in attendance on the Members of the Club, if the 21. July should prove a convenient day for their meeting.

Regardfully

your

Ferd. von Mueller

1

M's labels at this date used 'PHYTOLOGIC MUSEUM OF MELBOURNE'; in the report of its meeting of 9 July, the Club reminded members of the visit to the 'National Botanical Herbarium' on 21 July (Argus, 13 July 1883, p. 3).

2

MS annotation: 'Ans[were]d 5/7/83'. Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-83-06-26b,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/83-06-26b