Ferdinand von Mueller

7/12/91.

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Date stamped: Royal Gardens Kew 11. Jan. 92. Annotated by Thiselton-Dyer: and 6/2/92 (letter not found).

This time I only write briefly, dear Dr Dyer, as I am under unusually heavy rural pressure of departmental work just now, — and yet do not like to miss the weekly mail for answering your last kind letter. In my private Library not a single copy of any of my works is left now. In the departm. Library here I have now only those single copies of the “Select plants” into which I wrote notes for the edition following. I will endeavour, to secure, wherever possible, second-hand copies of those editions, not contained in the Kew-Library. But would you be better or quicker able, to obtain them from our friend Dr Masters? He likely would only require the latest-issued volume, as he not likely has an ambition, to possess a more extensive Library than required for his particular engagements. Thus I fancy, that he would willingly transfer any of the former editions to the great Kew-Establishment, if merely asked