The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: bot. Garden, ¶ 29/3/71 ¶ ¶ Would you favor me, dear Sir Redmond, by letting me know, whether the Industrial Commission will publish my index of prominently useful trees as an appendix to my lecture, ...

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VPRS 5834/P0/1, inward correspondence p. 153, VA 1411 Industrial and Technological Museum, Public Record Office, Victoria. 71.03.29

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Redmond Barry, 1871-03-29. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/71-03-29>, accessed September 11, 2025

bot. Garden,

29/3/71

Would you favor me, dear Sir Redmond, by letting me know, whether the Industrial Commission will publish my index of prominently useful trees as an appendix to my lecture,

M delivered his lecture on 'The application of phytology to the industrial purposes of life' for the Industrial Museum in October 1870; for the published version, see B71.04.03.

as intended by me originally. If this index is not deemed worthy of publication, I should be glad, for its being returned to me.

On 31 March Barry asked: 'Will the Chairman be so good as to inform me wh[ether] he can relent [in] this case or whether he persis[…] in […]'. He added: 'Is there any objection to the Printing if the Library can pay the £8[:?]' (Barry's minute is partly obscured by the binding.) The chairman of the Industrial Commission, S. Bindon, replied: 'The index should form part of our Phytological Catalogue, and I am sure the Committee will be only too glad to print it it [= and?] any further information coming from Dr Mueller. Personally I think lectures should be treated as lectures and not as essays and I cannot break faith with the other lecturers. I will be glad to confer with the President.'

See M. Clarke to M, 6 April 1871 (in this edition as 71-04-06b).

your regardful

Ferd. von Mueller