To James Aitkin1    16 August 1865

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

1
Letter written by M’s assistant Ernst Heyne on M’s behalf.
2
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).
3
See also M to W. Hooker, 20 August 1865, and Victoria Government Gazette, No. 99, 8 August 1865, p. 1757.

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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/65-08-16