16/10/93
I feel, dear President, that I should at all events write you some few lines, if I did not get ready msc. by this months meeting of your R.S., 1 but I am still very weak after my last illness, from which indeed I have not yet fully recovered. Within the last days some time (beyond that required for the heavy daily routine-work) was taken up by the study and naming of more paintings of Mrs Capt Rowan;2 and altho' I have pondered over Abutilon, and have done something for Verticordia the detail specific investigations are most time taking I have had very severe work all through the year and feel very fatigued. These Expedition-plants must however soon be from my hands, as I can otherwise do not do3 justice to the progress of the suppl. volume of the Flora.4 Through overwork I suffer also much from insomnia, and that is also very weakening.
Let me felicitate you to all your triumphs! Have you any influence with Mr Rasp?5 I thought he might support extensively a new Leichhardt-search, for which he would have glory and reward.
With friendship your
Ferd von Mueller
Abutilon
Verticordia
Please cite as “FVM-93-10-16a,” 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