The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ Gentlemen— I will be very happy to furnish a contribution for your excellent publication, but it must stand over for some weeks as all my spare time will be taken up with work for the London Exhibi...

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Editors of Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, 1885-11-11. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1880-9/1885/85-11-11-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from an advertisement for the Picturesque atlas of Australasia (Garran, 1886) in Australasian (Melbourne), 25 September 1886, p. 620, one of a series of similar statements. The advertisement was repeated in other newspapers. M contributed an essay on 'Flora of Australasia' (B86.13.12). M's letter is introduced by 'From Baron Von Mueller, the Eminent Australian Botanist.'

Gentlemen— I will be very happy to furnish a contribution for your excellent publication, but it must stand over for some weeks as all my spare time will be taken up with work for the London Exhibition,

Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886.

and for the Royal Commission on Vegetable Industries.

Victoria, Royal Commission on Vegetable Products, 1886.

I will call at your atelier some day.

Regardfully yours

FRED.

Printers error for Ferd.?

VON MUELLER

11/11/85.