14/6/76
Would you have the kindness, dear Mr Ramsay, to send me a copy of each of the school books, adopted at the State Schools, so that I may see, how far their form can be adopted for the intended school flora.1
With best respects
Ferd von Mueller
On 21 June 1876, Ramsay minuted: 'Forward copies'. A further annotation explains: 'i.e. Reading books from 2nd upwards'. On 27 June, the file was annotated: 'copies of 2d, 3d, 4th & 5th Reading books sent with letter [SB] 76/109'. Publication of the 'school flora' was stopped by John MacPherson, Ramsay's successor as Chief Secretary when the Government changed on 20 October 1875. See discussion in Lucas et al. (2006), pp. 37-39.
MS black-edged; M's brother-in-law, Eduard Wehl, had died on 11 February 1876.
Please cite as “FVM-76-06-14a,” 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