From Thomas Ware to Ferdinand von Mueller   23 Oct 1874

Chief Secretary's Office,

Melbourne, 23rd Oct. 1874

Sir,

I have the honor, by direction of Mr Ramsay1 to transmit herewith the document noted in the margin,2 received from the3

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

Thos. Webb Ware

Actg Under Secretary.4

Government Botanist

Mr Ramsay written over the Chief Secretary deleted.

'Flora Sylvatica Parts 1 & 2 & Icones Plantarum Indiae'; that is, Beddome (1869-74), parts 1 and 2, each dated 1869 (Turner (2012), p. 303) and Beddome (1874), part 10. The latter work was issued in 15 parts. This part is dated 1873 (Turner (2012), p. 304) with 'Earliest date of publication' March 1874. The part had not arrived in Melbourne when Part 11 was received and was requested from Madras by the Chief Secretary's office (T. Ware to M, 21 March 1874 (in this edition as 74-03-21a)). See Lucas (2026) for discussion of the date of publication.

No information recorded.

Document is a printed form (p. 371) with a handwritten record on a separate sheet (p. 376) of the details that had been entered in the appropriate spaces in the copy sent to M.

Please cite as “FVM-74-10-23,” 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/74-10-23