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T69/2736, unit 399, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 69.03.23bPreferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1869-03-23 [69.03.23b]. 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//letters/1860-9/1869/69-03-23b-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026
Melbourne bot. Garden
23/3/69
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of 2 copies of the second number of Major
Beddome's work on Indian plants,
and feel much indebted for your sending it to this office
1
The work was issued in 15 parts. Part
2
is dated 1868 (Turner (2012)
,
p. 304) but was
sent from Madras
before Turner's estimated 'Earliest date of publication',
April
1869
;
see Madras memo
randum
, n. 2 below.
2
The part was transmitted with T. Ware to M, 23 March 1869
(in this edition as 69-03-23a). MS is accompanied by a memorandum that was evidently received with the works in
question:
REVENUE DEPARTMENT.
Government Office,
Fort Saint George.
2 Copies of Rare plants of Southern India Part II forwarded by order of Government
this 9th day of February 1869, to the Government of Victoria.
I am Sir, your very obedient
Ferd. von Mueller
The Undersecretary
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