30/6/93
Würden Sie mit gewohnter Freundschaft so gütig sein, lieber Herr Tepper, zu erkunden, ob der prächtige Kunst-Maler C. Gordon Frazer, sich noch im Adelaide-Club aufhält, u in diesem Falle ihm den beifolgenden Brief zustellen.
Ich habe eben einen Brief von Kew, wo keine besondere Schwierigkeiten meiner alleinigen Fortsetzung der Flora im Wege stehen.
Ihnen stets zugethan
Ferd. von Mueller.
30/6/93
With your usual friendship, would you be so kind, dear Mr Tepper, to ascertain whether the splendid artist C. Gordon Frazer1 is still staying at the Adelaide Club, and if this is the case deliver the enclosed letter to him.2
I just have a letter from Kew, where no particular difficulties stand in the way of my own continuation of the Flora.3
Always your fond
Ferd. von Mueller.
From 1889 Frazer had used Melbourne as his headquarters for making topographical and portrait paintings during an extended tour of the Australasian colonies and the South Seas, commencing in New Zealand in 1885. M had come to know him during this time; see Frazer's certificate of candidature for the Royal Geographical Society, London, 3 July 1893, which M signed 'from personal knowledge'. Frazer was a passenger on Rotomahana which was cleared out of Melbourne for New Zealand ports on 13 July 1893 (Argus, 14 July 1893, p. 4).
Letter not found.
M's promised but never published supplement to Bentham (1863-78). See M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 4 July 1893 (in this edition as 93-07-04b).
Annotated by Tepper: 'Reply 4.7.93 Not in town since 3 weeks gone to Melbourne'.
Letter not found; the additional sentence refers to C. G. Frazer (see below).
Please cite as “FVM-93-06-30,” 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