From Ferdinand von Mueller to [Frederick Powlett]   6 Sep 1858

Melbourne bot. Garden

6. Sept 58.

John Fitzgibbons1 has brought 179 loads of soil to the St. Kilda road & South Yarra road & 14 loads to South Park, instead of 21, as the distance was in that proportion greater. I am told, that each load averaged […]2 square yards.

Ferd Mueller

John Fitzgibbon? Not further identified.

illegible — covered by an ink blot.

MS found in a group of letters from M to Powlett.

Please cite as “FVM-58-09-06,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/58-09-06