Melbourne bot. Garden,
1 July 65.
Sir
I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to direct, that out of the vote for purchase of plants the sum of fourty pounds Sterling (£40.-.-) may be transmitted to the Colonial Agent, London, for the payment of a consignment of plants ordered from Mr John Standish's Royal Nursery, Ascot, Berks.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient and humble servant
Ferd. Mueller
The honorable the Chief Secretary1
Approval for M's request was annotated to this letter with the Chief Secretary’s authority number 224, and M was notified on 19 July 1865 (D1781, p. 257, unit 9, VPRS 1187/P outward correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria).
Please cite as “FVM-65-07-01,” 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