16/4/78
I send you, dear Mr Baker, a copy of the 10th vol of the Fragmenta, just completed. I should value a copy of your Mauritius flora1 in return.
Regardfully
Ferd. von Mueller
J. Baker (1877). There is a copy in the library of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, but see M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 28 August 1878.
The letter is tipped-in on the front free-endpaper, below M’s MS dedication:’Joanni Gilberto Baker volumen modestum scriptore oblatum’ [This modest volume is offered to John Gilbert Baker by the author]. For on-line image see https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t4qk4893k?urlappend=%3Bseq=7.
Please cite as “FVM-78-04-16,” 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