From Ferdinand von Mueller to Robert Smyth   22 Mar 1864

Melbourne botanic Gardens

22/3/64

Sir

I have the honor to inform you, that at a Meeting of the Trustees of the Royal Park, held this day I was instructed to request the favor of your and Mr A Purchase's1 attendance at the Park, with a view to inspecting the S.W. Angle and the entrance to the Park on this point, and of submitting to the Trustees your opinion in reference to the desired improvements in that direction and an estimate of the expenditure thereby likely incurred.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

F. M.

Hon. Secret.

R. Br. Smythe Esq.

M to A. Purchas, 22 March 1864 (in this edition as 64-03-22a) is a similar letter.

Please cite as “FVM-64-03-22,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/64-03-22