3/4/89.
May I advise, dear Dr Bride, that this important publication be purchased for the public Library.1
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
The cover on the file reveals that the work recommended by M was Franchet (1889-90). The Library sub-committee approved the purchase on 30 July 1889. By 3 August the book had been ordered and M had been 'informed thereof'. The work does not, however, appear in the Library’s present-day catalogue.
Please cite as “FVM-89-04-03b,” 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