Melbourne botan. Gard.
16/8/65
Sir
By Dr Mueller's request I have the honor of forwarding the enclosed parcel with seeds of the Shiraz Tobacco. Dr Mueller, who desires me also to present his compliments, regrets not being able to supply a larger quantity, but that received per mail from England was so small and the application are so numerous that he can not possibly spare more.2
I have the honor to be
Sir
your obedient
E. B. Heyne
J. W. Aitkin Esq
Mayor3
Letter written by M’s assistant Ernst Heyne on M’s behalf.
This letter was acknowledged at a Council meeting on 5 September 1865, and the distribution of the seed was left to the Mayor (Borough Councl minute book 6, p. 207).
See also M to W. Hooker, 20 August 1865, and Victoria Government Gazette, No. 99, 8 August 1865, p. 1757.
For summaries of the above letter see: Warrnambool examiner, 12 September 1865, p. 2, and Borough Council minute book 6, p. 207.
Please cite as “FVM-65-08-16,” 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