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Physical location:

ML MSS 2009/21, item 27, Linnean Society of NSW, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 93.03.29

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Fletcher, 1893-03-29. 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/1890-6/1893/93-03-29-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

29/3/93.
Am not surprised, dear Mr Fletcher, that you must limit the M'Leay's Memorial Volume
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Fletcher (1893).
more than was intended. The depression in these Colonies affects also science, and I have not even been able to contribute to the fund for this volume.
As I pointed out to your worthy President some months ago,
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Leter not found.
I had to reduce even my private book-expenses much and other former liabilities for science purposes, as my income was already heavily taxed by my multifarious science connections and the reductions in the Department render my work still more difficult. The statistic notes on Australian plants
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See M to J. Fletcher, 2 March 1893.
I have now received back. They serve well for the litterary organ of the new international Academy for the geography of plants, founded in Le Mans, and of which I have been elected President.
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See M to H. Léveillé, 3 December 1892. M's statistical paper duly appeared in Le Monde des Plantes, the journal of the International Academy of Botanical Geography (B93.06.02, B93.07.03, B93.08.01).
Always glad to cooperate with the L.S. of N.SW. and with friendly greeting
your
Ferd von Mueller
Do you like me to propose you for FLS. of London?
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No record of M’s proposing Fletcher for the Linnean Society of London has been found.