Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden,
15. Jan. 1861.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to permit the insertion of the byefollowing advertisement in the Gov. Gazette.1
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient servant
Ferd. Mueller.
The honorable the Chief Secretary
&c &c &c
While the original manuscript of the advertisement has not been found, the file cover confirms that it was 'relative to a supply of seeds of the Teaplant'. The advertisement was inserted in Victoria Government Gazette, 18 January 1861, p. 103 (B61.01.01); M offered to supply on personal application 'fresh seeds of the Chinese tea-plant … received from His Excellency Sir H. G. R. Robinson, Governor of Hong Kong, for the purpose of initiating the culture of tea in Australia'.
Please cite as “FVM-61-01-15,” 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