From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Heathcote Borough Council   [May 1865]1

[From Dr. Mueller, stating it will be necessary for the Council to appoint some one to call for the plants, &c., at his office who will undertake to forward them to the Council.]2

Letter not found. The text given here is form the 'Correspondence' section of the report of the meeting of the Heathcote Borough Council held on 1 May 1865 (McIvor times and Rodney advertiser, 26 May 1865, p. 2).

The meeting report also records that 'the Hospital Committee had made arrangements for obtaining plants, &c., from the Botanical Gardens by Mr Copeman, and that he had been instructed to bring-up those for the Council as well'.

Please cite as “FVM-65-05-00e,” 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/65-05-00e