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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy   13 Feb 1872

Melbourne bot Garden

13/2/72.

Sir

I have the honor to bring under your notice, that several Shire Officers have expressed a desire, that a small pamphlet with descriptions and illustrations may be published, to identify the thistles in cases of prosecution under the thistle act.

If the work could be carried out in the Gov. Printing Office, such a publication could be easily issued from manuscripts furnished by myself and from woodcuts; the latter could be made under my supervision by Mr Grosse of Mr Ferres establishment.1

I have the honor to be,

Sir, your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller

Direct. bot. Garden

The honor. the Chief Secretary

1

M's letter was noted by the President of the Board of Land and Works, but the proposed pamphlet did not proceed.

2

This letter was first registered in the Chief Secretary's Department as A72/1653, then transferred to the Lands Department on 3 May 1872.

Please cite as “FVM-72-02-13,” 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/72-02-13