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The Flora still remains te be prepared from the Materials and I knew 
that Mr.Ridley i3 at work cn it. 
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I think that the house shruld forthwith be aet- in order by deter- 
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mining if any cf the past work, entitles the workers to anything eut 
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cf the bonus proniaed for the Flora.Correspondence with Sir George 
King which I have not aeen would appear to be the place in which 
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a premise sight be nade: and if aueh a promise were nadnnllr. gamble 
will have a slain*jut he has written to me that he haa not even kept 
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account of his out-of-pocket expenaea.aoi expecting reirabarsment. 
Secondly you ahould close at once with llr.Ridley for the pre- 
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paration cf the Flora*It would be unwise to let go £he chance cf 
using hia unique knowledge,and hia health does not premise a length 
cf further years cf work* 
I understand that Mr*Ridley ia preparing hia work cn the lines 
cf Sir navid Prai.i # a Bengal flrrajand this will be altogether better 
than the flora originally proposed. 
For the fuller understanding cf the case,! 3end you*- 
one volume of text(out cf seven) and one cf platea cf the 
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flora cf Ceylon to show what the original intention cf the flora. 
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on* pari, (out of 85) cf Sis. Georg* King's Materials and on* 
part (cut of 3) of Ur.Ridley*a Materials to show what had matured 
the whole cf Sir Ravid Prain'a Bengal MBMMM Plants to show what the 
completed Flora would be like. 
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flease return these when done with* 
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Finnally May I point cut the impossibility of taking cut into the 
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field the 3-40CC pages cf the Materials and the fact that It cannot 
be bought whole,aa the cogent reason for a working flora la the 
smallest possible compass, 
ad.I.H.BurkiU 32/11/15 
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