To Joseph Fletcher   24 February 1893

24/2/93

 

Will you be so kind, dear Mr Fletcher, to let me know, what will be the latest date, at which I can send the intended essay for the Macleay volume on the systematic and statistic of Australian plants.1 it may take then an other weeks sparetime, to finish the treatise for you. Altho' Prof Tate presses me also, to furnish the finishing determination of the plants of the Elder-Expedition, I will keep him waiting til I have attended to the requirements of the M'Leay volume. Much is done towards it; but altho' much has been done towards it, but the Agriculture-Departm. here requires from me the carrying out of some urgent work, which along with the heavy daily routine-engagements will take fully two weeks, and I do however not wish, that this should be retarded in its issue on my account. I will rather abridge it to be in time, or give it up altogether2

Regardfully your

Ferd von Mueller

1
See also M to W. Haswell, 9 January 1893.
2
In the event, M did not contribute the proposed paper but another, much simpler one (B93.09.06), together with a second descriptive paper written jointly with J. H. Maiden (B94.14.03).

Please cite as “FVM-93-02-24a,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/93-02-24a