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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Maria Henley   30 Oct 1893

30/10/93.

You will have thought me very ungrateful, dear Miss Henley, for not having as yet acknowledged your kindly sending again this time of a splendid contribution to the Field Naturalists flower-show.1 But I have been so ill, that I could even not proceed to Adelaide for attending to duties, allotted to me at the Australian Association for advancement of science;2 and this was the first time that I missed attending at the shows of native flowers. I trust, you will under these circumstances excuse my short-coming.

With grateful remembrance your

Ferd von Mueller.

1

Henley contributed to M's exhibit at the meeting of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria held on 9 October1893 (Victorian naturalist, vol. 10, p. 102).

2

The fifth congress of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Adelaide, September 1893.

Please cite as “FVM-93-10-30,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/93-10-30