[A letter was received from Mueller 'stating that he would be happy to supply such plants as could be spared for planting the Municipality'.]
Letter not found; item is part of the minutes of the Municipal Council meeting held on 29 June 1859. M's letter is dated from Bradshaw's reply, E. Bradshaw to M, 30 June 1859 (in this edition as 59-06-30c).
A planting committee was formed in St Kilda on 20 April 1859 that instructed Bradshaw, the Town Clerk, to write to the Chief Secretary 'for authority to get some trees and shrubs from the Botanic Gardens for the purpose of planting the Esplanade, Fitzroy St and the Melbourne Road'.
Please cite as “FVM-59-06-27b,” 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 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/59-06-27b