To William Odgers   2 September 1876

Melbourne

2/9/76.

W.H. Odgers Esqr

Undersecretary.

 

Sir.

In continuation of a former communication1 I have the honor to suggest, that the £100 for publication of plants on this year's estimates2 may be placed at disposal for printing either by tender or at the Gov. Printing office my "industrial plants" from the four volumes of the Acclimation Society3 in a rearranged and connected form with supplements. This publication would be the most important, which at this moment can be brought out in my Department for the industrial vegetable resources of the colony.4

I have the honor to be, Sir,

your obedient

Ferd. von Mueller.

See M to J. MacPherson, 29 July 1876.
The £100 had been intended as the Victorian Government's contribution to a further volume of Flora australiensis, but was no longer required for this purpose when Bentham decided that vol. 7 would be the last in the series.
B71.06.02, B72.13.02, B74.13.06, B75.13.11.
The Chief Secretary, J. MacPherson, minuted his approval on 11 September and the work was published as B76.13.03.

Please cite as “FVM-76-09-02a,” 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 29 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/76-09-02a