We the Undersigned, beg to propose
Henry Arthur1 James Esqr., F.R.H.S. Adr. Department for Mines, Sydney2 for which honor he is well recommendable, through having devoted for many years attention to the study of cultural plants in N.S.W., as testified by his meritorious "Australian Handbook of Horticulture".3
Ferd. von Mueller, M.D., FLS.
William Woolls Ph.D., F.L.S.
W.H. Catlett F.L.S, F.Z.S.4
M had written H. A. James; the names were completed by interlining, apparently by Woolls. 'Arthur' may be an error for 'Alfred': see Aitken & Looker (2002).
Adr. … Sydney is a marginal note with intended position indicated by an asterisk.
The title is slightly incorrect, but it is certainly James (1892). The work was first issued in parts from April 1891, with the final part issued in March 1892 (Sydney morning herald, 3 March 1892, p. 8). The bound edition was published in May or very early June 1892. See also notes to M to H. James, 21 April 1891.
Annotated front of sheet: Read 21 April 1892. Ballot 2 June 1892; back: Henry Arthur James elected 2nd June 1892.
The file includes the (undated) obligation form signed by James, undertaking to pay the fees while he remained a member.
M autograph text and signature; additional supporters' individual signatures. To have been read in April 1892, the letter must have been mailed about February 1892; it has been numbered accordingly.
Please cite as “FVM-92-02-00a,” 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