[Mr. Johnson, secretary, reported that … a communication had been received from Dr. Mueller, expressing a wish to know what seeds would be acceptable in return for a collection of native seeds. The secretary was instructed to reply that he would be happy to send what native seeds he could, and in return would be glad to receive some magpies, and also some frogs and toads.]
Letter not found. For the text given here, see Lyttelton times, 14 March 1866, p. 6, in the report of the meeting of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, 23 February 1866.
Please cite as “FVM-66-02-00,” 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