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Blechynden sends Thiselton-Dyer a portion of an index to Roxburgh's FLORA INDICA under separate cover, by the late Dr Anderson. These printed sheets were received recently from Calcutta [Kolkata]. To the best of his knowledge Dr Anderson corrected the proofs this far and requested, when he was suddenly ordered away, that they ought to be returned pending his return, but that never happened. Blechynden thinks he was then absent and all the copies, some 600, were placed in a cabinet where they have since remained. Now in rearranging the office to make room for a large collection of fibres et cetera belonging to the Government of Bengal, and of which the [Agri-Horticultural] Society have been appointed custodians, these copies have come to light. He wonders if Thiselton-Dyer thinks he should distribute them with the next number of the journal. Blechynden has requested his nephew [Richard], who is Deputy Secretary of the Society, to enquire of Dr King whether there is any further portion of the Index in a manuscript state amongst the papers of the Botanic Garden. Page 1 of 3.

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Blechynden sends Thiselton-Dyer a portion of an index to Roxburgh's FLORA INDICA under separate cover, by the late Dr Anderson. These printed sheets were received recently from Calcutta [Kolkata]. To the best of his knowledge Dr Anderson corrected the proofs this far and requested, when he was suddenly ordered away, that they ought to be returned pending his return, but that never happened. Blechynden thinks he was then absent and all the copies, some 600, were placed in a cabinet where they have since remained. Now in rearranging the office to make room for a large collection of fibres et cetera belonging to the Government of Bengal, and of which the [Agri-Horticultural] Society have been appointed custodians, these copies have come to light. He wonders if Thiselton-Dyer thinks he should distribute them with the next number of the journal. Blechynden has requested his nephew [Richard], who is Deputy Secretary of the Society, to enquire of Dr King whether there is any further portion of the Index in a manuscript state amongst the papers of the Botanic Garden. Page 1 of 3.