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From Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller   22 June 1865

Office of Lands and Survey

Melbourne, 22nd June [1865]1

Sir,

In acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 15th instant,2 I beg to thank you for the offer and the suggestions therein contained. I believe I shall be able to obtain from nurseries the required number of araucarias of tolerable size, but shall gladly accept of a few two (2) years old Araucaria Cookii and Araucaria Bidwillii.3

I was under the erroneous impression that there were no blue gums in pots in the Botanical Gardens, and as it appears that you could supply some, I would prefer to have forty eight (48) from the Gardens in lieu of those I have purchased, which I will plant in South Park wherein some gums are urgently required.

I will call on you (when convenient to you) in reference to the other trees and shrubs mentioned in your letter.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient servant4

Assistt Commissioner of Lands and Survey

Ferdinand Mueller Esq

Government Botanist

&c, &c, &c

Araucaria Bidwillii

Araucaria Cookii

1

editorial addition — dated from surrounding letters.

2

Letter not found.

3

The letter probably concerns the planting of the Parliamentary Buildings Reserve; see J Moore to M, 27 April 1865.

4

There is no signature on the letter-press copy, but Hodgkinson would have signed he original letter.

Please cite as “FVM-65-06-22,” 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/65-06-22