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Physical location:

MRS 4/9/1005, Copies of correspondence sent: first series 1882-1921, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. 92.08.18a

Preferred Citation:

Joseph Maiden to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1892-08-18 [92.08.18a]. 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/1890-6/1892/92-08-18a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

18th August 92
Dear Baron Mueller,
It is only fair to you to tell you that I am very dissatisfied […]
1
illegible — MS faded.
Meston's collection of Bellenden Ker [fruits] [bought] for £20.
2
See J. Maiden to M, 23 June 1892.
There were only about [half] a gallon altogether, few of them named, Mr Bailey tells me most of them were [windfalls], and that no attempt was made to obtain adequate botanical material […] them. A fair price would be [about] £5. They were got in the early part of the present year during a private [ex]cursion. As you know nothing of the circumstances, I think it is only proper you should know how Mr Meston has behaved.
Yours truly
J. H. Maiden.