To William Thiselton-Dyer   29 May 1893

29/5/93.1

 

Herewith I beg to send you, dear Dr Dyer, some few Fungs, which Miss Ann. Walker collected near her home on the Paramatta-River in N.SW. She is an aged Lady, who all through her life was fond of flower – and landscape – painting, for which she has an admirable natural talent. As the exertions for mycology in her colony have hitherto been so very limited, I have induced her to gather and paint any uncommon species, and this sending is the first result, the painted drawings being posted simultaneously to you.

I have just written to her with a view of learning whether these colored sketches may be kept at Kew.2

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.

1
Annotated in black ink by J. Baker:list of names sent herewith JGB 4/7/93, and in red ink by W. Hemsleynames sent. 6.7.93 (letter not found).
2
Letter not found, but see M to A. Walker, 22 June 1894. The Mycology collections at Kew have a list of material sent by Miss Walker, but there is no record of accompanying illustrations (personal communication from Lynn Parker, Assistant Curator, Art Collections, RBG Kew, 10 June 2015).

Please cite as “FVM-93-05-29a,” 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/93-05-29a