Ferdinand von Mueller

17/3/95

Am quite touched, honored friend, with sending the memorial-medal of your celebrated father. It will be preserved with my best treasures such as the Royal Medal of the R.S. of London, and will be honored also by my heirs, when I shall have passed away! The portrait of your illustrious parent in my study-room reminds me daily of him.

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No image of either Candolle has been identified at MEL, but see M to J. Haast, 29 July 1862 (in this edition as 62-07-29b) and notes thereto.

I have some hope, that the lithograms of Candolleaceous plants will soon be continued.

2

M's hopes came to nothing, no further Decades of his Iconography of Candolleaceous plants were published after the first (B92.13.02).

I am now anxious to get the drawings done, so that somewhat later, when funds will become available, quickly the lithography can be proceeded with. My phytographic work had however largely to be laid aside during the last 3 years so that still more time could be devoted to the rural interests in this time of financial depression here.

The nineth edition of the "Select plants," again considerably augmented will be commenced to be printed next month,

3

B95.13.02.

so that it can appear still in 1895. With regardful and grateful remembrance