Town Hall St Kilda
May 20 1861
Sir
By direction of the Planting Committee of the Municipal Council of St Kilda I do myself the honor to apply for some plants, shrubs, and trees for the Public Gardens here.
I believe the Committee purpose themselves the pleasure of waiting upon you on an early day for the purpose of selecting and taking your advice which from your former kindness they believe you will be good enough to give them1
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your Obedient Servant
E. Bradshaw
Town Clerk
Dr F. Mueller Esq
Botanical Gardens
South Yarra
For M's reply, see M to E. Bradshaw, 21 May 1861 (in this edition as 61-05-21b).
Please cite as “FVM-61-05-20,” 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