Melbourne botan Garden
18/8/70
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge with gratitude the receipt of two copies of Major Beddome's flora silvatica1 part IV, which you kindly forwarded to the Library of this establishment.2 I beg to return herewith the receipt signed.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller
Direct. botan. Garden.
W. H. Odgers Esq
Undersecretary.
Beddome (1869-1874). See Lucas (2026) for discussion of the dates of publication of the parts.
The work was forwarded to M on 16 August 1870 (V70/9438, unit 469, VPRS 3991/P, Public Record Offive, Victoria). A letter of acknowledgment for the donation was sent from the Chief Scretary's Department to the Government of Madras on 18 September 1870.
Please cite as “FVM-70-08-18a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on