From Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers   28 Oct 1870

Melbourne botan Garden,

28/10/70

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of two copies of

Flora sylvatica, part 51

Icones plant. Ind. part 62

published by Major Beddome, which books have been deposited in the Library of my Department.3

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller

Direct. botan. Gard.

The Undersecretary

Beddome (1869-74), part 5. The part is dated 1870 (Turner (2012), p. 303) but was received in Melbourne before Turner's 'Earliest confirmed date', November 1870. See Lucas (2026), table 3, for discussion of the dates of publication of this work.

Beddome (1874), part 6. The work was issued in 15 parts. This part is November 1870 (Turner (2012), p. 304) but was received in Melbourne before Turner's estimated 'Earliest date of publication', November 1870. See Lucas (2026), table 4, for discussion of the dates of publication of this work.

A letter of acknowledgment was sent from the Chief Secretary's Department to the Government of Madras on 8 November 1870.

Please cite as “FVM-70-10-28,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/70-10-28