To John Toon   27 May 1861

Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden

27/5/61

Sir

In reply to your letter dated 24 May1 I have the honor to inform you, that I shall feel great pleasure in providing the plants desired by you any morning at 9 during the month of May, if you will be good enough to authorize a resident in this vicinity to receive them and to sign the respective documents at my office. It would be desirable that the recipient should provide a wooden case for the careful packing of the plants.

I have the honor to be

Sir,

your obedient servant

Ferd Mueller

Director2

1
J. Toon to M, 24 May 1861.
2
Annotated: ‘Dr Mueller 27/5/61’ and with the Council’s decision on 29 May 'That Messrs Lansley & Hill be requested to take the necessary measures for obtaining immediately the Shrubs Plants & Trees.'

Please cite as “FVM-61-05-27,” 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 18 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/61-05-27