Council
East Collingwood
June 21st 1865
Sir,
In accordance with a resolution passed at a Meeting of the Council of this Borough held on the 7th inst. I do myself the honor to convey to you the thanks of the Council for the excellent assortment of plants & shrubs you have selected for planting the Borough Reserve and as the trenching is now entirely completed thus affording space for an additional hundred plants I am directed to request that you will kindly extend your liberalty1 in granting the required number.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most Obdt Servt
J. H. Moulines
Town Clerk
Dr Mueller F.R.S
&c &c &c
Curator
Botanical Gardens2
liberality?
At a meeting of the East Collingwood Borough Council held on 5 July 1865, Moulines read a letter he had sent to M, thanking him for a further supply of plants (see Council minutes, VPRS 11090, unit 3, p. 166, VA 439 East Collingwood Borough Council records, Public Record Office, Victoria). Letter not found.
See also M to J. Moulines, May 1865.
According to the local newspaper, Moulines at an East Collingwood Borough Council meeting on 7 June 1865 'stated that he had received from the Curator of the Botanical Gardens, for the purpose of planting the Borough Reserve, a variety of shrubs and plants'. Councillor Noone 'objected to spending any more money on the reserve. Cr. Page said, if this were done, they might, at some future period, sell the reserve to advantage, and have a handsome Town Hall. Carried.' (East Collingwood observer, 10 June 1865).
For a summary of this letter, see Minute book 3, p. 162, East Collingwood Borough Council records, Public Record Office, Victoria.
Please cite as “FVM-65-06-21,” 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