Ferdinand von Mueller

29/8/93.

Allow me, dear and honoured Sir, to send you a letter, received from Prof Goodale,

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Letter not found.

the celebrated Prof and Director of the bot. Garden of Harvard-University, Boston, and two years ago the President of the American Assoc for Advancement of Science. I send this letter because Prof Goodale refers so touchingly to my eulogy of your lamented father.

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B93.06.04.

I hope the letter of condolence from the Boys Naturalists Association here to you

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See M to C. de Candolle, 13 June 1893.

was showing to you in their "eloge" in how wide esteem the memory of your parent is held. You have there even a Society also, which published its "Les feuilles des jeunes Naturalistes", a publication which comes also under my notice here. Although I am since 47 years a British Subject, I am in my tendencies a Cosmopolitan, and this reminds me that — to judge from name — your respected mother was of German origin!

Since many years I had no longer means to keep a Collector in the field still through Amateurs I receive occasionally sufficient material, to distribute surplus specimens. I am willingly inclined to send now and then more to the D.C. herbarium, but it can be only small parcels by post. My publications you will have completely