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Physical location:

J87/11081, unit 299, VPRS 3992/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 87.11.17a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Wilson , 1887-11-17 [87.11.17a]. 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/1880-9/1887/87-11-17a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

17/11/87
May I ask, dear Mr Wilson, whether still any copies of Bentham's and my "Flora Australiensis"
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Bentham (1863-78).
are available at your office as surplus, the copy used for so many years here falling to pieces; so I should be thankful for a set.
May I ask also for one set of the portfolios of specimens of the "educational collections of dried plants.
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There is no closing quotation mark
About a dozen are yet of I & II in your sellar
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cellar?
(or II or III) — I forgot which — so perhaps one could come back to me.
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There is a note by Wilson on the file cover, dated 23 November: '7 volume set. Is there a complete set, or more [...]'. On 24 November, an unidentified departmental officer noted: 'It is, evidently, judging by the preface to last volume herewith'.
Regardfully
your
Ferd. von Mueller.