Melbourne
26/10/74.
Th. Webb Ware Esqr.
Acting Undersecretary.
Sir.
I have the honor to acknowledge with best thanks the receipt of part 1 & 2 of Major Beddome's Indian flora sylvatica1 and of part X of his icon. plant. Ind. or.2 considerately presented by the hon. Mr. Ramsay;3 and I have placed these publications in the Library of the botanic Museum.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller.
Beddome (1869-74). See Lucas (2026) for discussion of the date of publication.
Beddome (1874), part 10. The work was issued in 15 parts. This part is dated 1873 (Turner (2012), p. 304). 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.
i.e. the Chief Secretary, Robert Ramsay, to whose office the books had been sent.
Please cite as “FVM-74-10-26,” 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