To E. G. Henderson & Son1    15 December 1858

Melbourne Bot & Zool Garden

15 Decr 1858

Gentlemen

I have the honor to enclose a copy of a letter, and a list of plants sent to you by last mail.2 I beg now to add that the remittance of £100 – will be effected to you by the Department of Public Works of this Colony, by the mail leaving today.

Let me request you to send your plants & seeds, by a Clipper (not by the Mail Steamer) and to take steps for the due insurance of the plants.

I have the honor to be

Gentlemen,

Your very obedient

Ferd Mueller

Gov. Botanist for Victoria

Messrs. E G Henderson & Son3

1
Letter not found. The text given here is from a copy supplied by Henderson & Son to the Colonial Office, on the reverse of their letter of 7 May 1859, reporting that the remittance mentioned in M's letter had not been received. See also E. G. Henderson & Sons to M, 11 May 1859, where M's attention is drawn to the non-receipt of the remittance, and they announce that they have written to Colonial Office. M's request for the payment had been made by 18 November; see M to C, Duffy, November 1858 (in this edition as 58-11-00d).
2
Letter and list not found.
3
Folio 482 is a draft of a Colonial Office letter to Henderson & Son dated 18 May 1859, saying that the Colonial Office has not received the draft 'but that as it may probably be made through … the Agent Gen. for Victoria', a copy of their letter had been sent 'to that gentleman with instructions to communicate with you on the subject'.

Please cite as “FVM-58-12-15c,” 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/58-12-15c