Melbourne bot. Garden,
8/1/65.
To his Worship the Mayor of Melbourne1
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to permit the small portion of the fence across the road along the Yarra at the Garden bridge to remain standing on the condition, that I supply spacious gates for it and keep these open during day hours. My object in making this application consists in protecting the fine willows planted by me along the Yarra under the sanction of the City Council. In the event of the fence being removed, cows would immediately have ingress to the riverside and the trees certainly be destroyed. Formerly the Willows were protected at a considerable expense by special fencings, but these were entirely swept away by the floods in December 1863.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient servant
Ferd. Mueller, M.D.,
Director of the botanic Garden.
George Wragge.
Please cite as “FVM-65-01-03,” 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