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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Albert Purchas   26 May 1864

Melbourne botanic Garden,

26/5/64

Sir

In acknowledgement of your letter of 25 May1 I have the honor to assure the trustees of the General Cemetry that I shall always feel a pleasure in contributing from my department any available plants for the ground on which so many that have been dear to us have found a resting place.

If any ground should be prepared for the reception of pines in the beginning of August I could supply you many hundred seedlings previously transplanted and then one year old of various South European firs.2

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient & humble servant

Ferd. Mueller

A. Purchas Esq.

&c &c &c

1

See A. Purchas to M, 25 May 1864 (in this edition as 64-05-25b).

2

MS annotation by Purchas: 'Recd May 28th'. At a meeting of the Trustees on 14 June, M's letter was read and his offer was accepted with thanks (Minute book 1).

Please cite as “FVM-64-05-26,” 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/64-05-26