January 12. 1874
My dear Baron,
It is our intention to devote a reasonable sum to the purchase of works in Botany to be ordered by the outgoing mail.
Will you favor me with a list of such as you consider it desirable we should possess. We have at present in the Library on
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Vols |
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| Agriculture |
310 |
| Botany |
659 |
| Horticulture |
194 |
a total which seems a moderate proportion to the total of purchased books in our collection
I am very truly yours
Redmond Barry
Please cite as “FVM-74-01-12,” 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