From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Maidstone Presbyterian Church   29 July 1864

St Andrew's Uniting Church, Footscray, Victoria.

Botanic Gardens

July 29th 1864

Sir

Dr Mueller requests me to state in reply to your note of the 28th inst,1 that although the time originally appointed for the distribution of plants from this establishment was limited to the month of May, he will nevertheless be happy to supply You with such as may be still available if You will be good enough to send a duly accredited person any morning at 9 oclock to his Office, where arrangements will be made for supplying the desired plants.2

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your obedient

E B Heyne3

Letter not found.

MS annotation: '3rd Augt Have sent Capell to day'.

Letter written by M's assistant Ernst Heyne on M’s behalf. Newspapers for 1864 report the opening in April of the church at Maidstone, e.g. Herald (Melbourne), 25 April, p. 2, col. d. The records are held by a successor Church.

Please cite as “FVM-64-07-29,” 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/64-07-29