Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden,
5 July 1860.
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated 3. inst.,1 and beg to assure the Gentlemen Trustees of the Cemetery, that I feel highly gratified with the sentiments expressed therein, altho' in giving my humble advise I was only performing an official duty. It will aford me great pleasure, to aid by my attendance at the cemetery the operation of planting, whenever the prearrangements for the purpose are completed and you will kindly inform me, when my services are needed2
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient and humble servant
Ferd Mueller.
A. Purchas Esq.
Please cite as “FVM-60-07-05a,” 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