25/5/63
Dear Dr Hooker.
This autumn the first prolific harvest of cotton has been gained in this colony on a small plot of ground near Inglewood, the plants being raised from seeds received from Manchester and imported there from New Orleans.
The importance of the introduction of hardier varieties of cotton on an extensive scale into our southern agricultural districts has induced me to solicit from the Manchester Association seeds of the New Orleans or any other hardy variety on a large scale for distribution in Victoria. Not knowing, whether I have adressed my letter correctly I have ventured to enclose it to you for transmission to the proper quarter, 1 at the same time expressing a hope that you will strengthen my application by your influence and if necessary aid in the transmission of the seeds at the earliest possible period, in order that we may obtain them in time for sowing this season.
With the greatest obedience and regard I remain, dear Dr Hooker,
yours
Ferd. Mueller
Please cite as “FVM-63-05-25a,” 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 24 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/63-05-25a