[The Town Clerk read a letter from Mr. Hannaford, copy of which we subjoin. —
Frankland-street, Launceston,
4th June, 1866.
To the Worshipful the Mayor,
Chairman Public Gardens Committee.
Sir,— I have the honor to inform you that, per 'Havilah' steamer which arrived yesterday, I received from the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, through the courtesy of Dr. Mueller, the Government Botanist and Director of the Gardens, two large cases containing over a hundred valuable pines and other plants suitable for the conservatory and shrubberies, which I have handed over to Quarry, the present Curator of the Gardens. Amongst the plants are several of the Ailanthus, or tree of Heaven, which may hereafter prove of value should the Ailanthus silk worm prove successful.
I shall feel obliged if you will have the valuable donation acknowledged to Dr. Mueller.
I am, &c
Samuel Hannaford.]
Ailanthus
Letter of thanks not found. The text given here is from 'Plants from Dr. Mueller', in a report of the meeting of the Launceston Municipal Council held on 4 June 1866 in Cornwall chronicle (Launceston, Tas.), 6 June 1866, p. 5. The Council agreed that mere acknowledgement was not sufficient, and that a letter with a vote of thanks be sent to M.
See also S. Hannaford to M, April 1864 (in this edition as 64-04-00d).
Please cite as “FVM-66-06-00i,” 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