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No. 6225, unit 38, pp. 371, 376, VPRS 1187/P, outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office,Victoria. 74.10.23

Preferred Citation:

Thomas Ware to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1874. 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/1870-9/1874/74-00-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Chief Secretary's Office,
Melbourne, 23rd Oct. 1874
Sir,
I have the honor, by direction of Mr Ramsay
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Mr Ramsay written over the Chief Secretary deleted.
to transmit herewith the document noted in the margin,
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'Flora Sylvatica Parts 1 & 2 & Icones Plantarum Indiae'; that is, Beddome (1869-74), parts 1 and 2, each dated 1869 (Turner (2012), p. 303) and Beddome (1874), part 10. The latter work was issued in 15 parts. This part is dated 1873 (Turner (2012), p. 304) with 'Earliest date of publication' March 1874. The part had not arrived in Melbourne when Part 11 was received and was requested from Madras by the Chief Secretary's office (T. Ware to M, 21 March 1874 (in this edition as 74-03-21a)).
received from the
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No information recorded.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
Thos. Webb Ware
Actg Under Secretary.
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Document is a printed form (p. 371) with a handwritten record on a separate sheet (p. 376) of the details that had been entered in the appropriate spaces in the copy sent to M.
Government Botanist