1/8/90
This whole year, dear Mr Crawford, I have been so overwhelmed with work, as many extra-engagements arose in connection with the Melbourne-Meeting of the Australian Association,1 that my correspondence got much into arrear.
The Fagus-seeds, so kindly sent by you, did arrive, and I trust you will excuse, that I omitted to acknowledge them. At times I have been quite ill from mental over exertions, and hardly had the strength, to write all the requisite letters. I am not sure now, whether a letter of yours accompanied these seeds.
Regardfully
your
Ferd von Mueller
What are the approxim. elevations on the mountains between which the Fagus ranges.
Fagus
M was President of the Second Congress of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Melbourne in January 1890.
Please cite as “FVM-90-08-01b,” 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