Ferdinand von Mueller

23/6/93

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Date stamped: 'Royal Gardens Kew 31. Jul. 93'; annotated by J Baker: JGB 31/7/93.

You will be gratified to learn, dear Dr Dyer, that the difficulty about the continuation of the Flora Australiensis had been overcome, as Mr Bailey has now receded from the position, which he had adopted, and left the field to me alone. The hon. the Premier of Victoria has kindly sanctioned the issue of the volume from the Gov. Printing Office of Melbourne, and the first batch of msc is now going to the Gov Printer already.

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Ministerial approval was given on 14 June 1893; see annotations on M to T. Wilson, 8 April 1893 (in this edition as 93-04-08b). The promised work never appeared. See G. Luehmann to O. Tepper, 29 December 1896 (in this edition as M96-12-29), Clements (1998) and Lucas (2003).

I shall do all I can to speed the work. Should unexpectedly slight difficulties arise with Lovell Reeve's firm, then the title must be so altered, as to make it an independent publication of mine the additions being nearly all from or through me. For convenience's sake I shall adhere to Bentham's sequen[ce]

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editorial addition — Text obscured by binding. All [] in the following text have the same meaning.

of Orders and Genera, to his style, his organography, geographic arrangement and other details of the Flora. I have advised Bailey to elaborate a full Flora of Queensland, and to mak[e] this spring what would be a healthful and delightful tour by rails and coaches to the Wes[t] boundary, which would give him a better insight into the task before him.