To John Moore1    24 September 1858

Melbourne botanical Garden,

24 September 1858.

Sir

I have the honor to inform you, that it will henceforth not be desirable to accept again horses for grazing into the botanic Gardens reserve, since it will be necessary to retain this ground for a portion of the animals belonging to the zoological Gardens.

Under these circumstances no horses have been grazing since July in the reserve and as this formed the only source of revenue, the collecting has ceased since that period at this establishment.

I have the honor to be

Sir

your most obedient and humble servant

Ferd. Mueller

 

Mr Undersecretary Moore

&c &c &c

1
MS written by Carl Wilhelmi and signed by M.

Please cite as “FVM-58-09-24,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/58-09-24