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RB MSS M32, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 93.10.30

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Maria Henley, 1893-10-30. 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/1890-6/1893/93-10-30-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

30/10/93.
You will have thought me very ungrateful, dear Miss Henley, for not having as yet acknowledged your kindly sending again this time of a splendid contribution to the Field Naturalists flower-show.
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Henley contributed to M's exhibit at the meeting of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria held on 9 October1893 (Victorian naturalist, vol. 10, p. 102).
But I have been so ill, that I could even not proceed to Adelaide for attending to duties, allotted to me at the Australian Association for advancement of science;
2
The fifth congress of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Adelaide, September 1893.
and this was the first time that I missed attending at the shows of native flowers. I trust, you will under these circumstances excuse my short-coming.
With grateful remembrance your
Ferd von Mueller.