18/8/90
I was under the impression, dear Mr Gill, that I had proposed you for the fellowship of the LS.,1 as I have done for your predecessor,2 but amidst multitudinous engagements I must have stopped short at the intention. A few £ entrance fee are payable, after election, and then a few £ annually, for which then you get the superb publications of each year gratis. If you like to join, I will arrange all that is needful for an early election into this great Society.3
Regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller.
As this is a moist season, I trust good collections of bot specimens will be forthcoming from the interior under such favorable circumstances. I like to advance the knowledge of Austr. native plants still a little further, before I pass away from my earthly career.
Linnean Society, London.
J. Ednie Brown; see M to the Linnean Society of London, January 1879 (in this edition as 79-01-00c).
It would appear that Gill asked to be nominated; see M to the Linnean Society, London, September 1890 (in this edition as 90-09-00).
MS is accompanied by an envelope: 'On Her Majesty's Service. Walter Gill Esq | Conservator of Forests &c | Adelaide' and 'Government Botanist, | Melbourne, 18/8 1890'. The front bears the frank stamp of the 'CHIEF SECRETARY VICTORIA' and the postal stamp 'MELBOURNE | AU 18 | 90'. There is an annotation, probably by Gill: 'Re Linnean Society'. The back is stamped 'G.P.O. ADELAIDE S.A. | AU 20 | 90'.
Please cite as “FVM-90-08-18,” 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