Town Hall St Kilda
June 16th 1866
Sir
By direction of the Council of the Borough of St Kilda I do myself the honor to apply to you for the plants named at foot for the Public Gardens of St Kilda
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your Obedient Servant
E. Bradshaw
Town Clerk
Dr. F. Mueller F.R.S.
&c &c
Botanical Gardens
South Yarra
100 Pines, Lambertinias,1 Oleas, Callitris, Juniperus, Azaleas, Pittosporums, Lantana, Violas, Cupressus, Daphne, Hibiscus, Platanus, Arbustus
on hearing from you the gardener will call
E.B.2
Arbustus
Azalea
Callitris
Cupressus
Daphne
Hibiscus
Juniperus
Lambertinia
Lantana
Olea
Pittosporum
Platanus
Viola
Lambertias?
At a Council meeting on 3 July the Planting Committee reported 'that through the kindness of Dr Mueller they had received from the Botanical Gardens [...] 100 young pines, 20 Arbor vitae 12 pittosporum 12 pinus pinaster, 12 Callitris, 12 Cryptomanus 122 Accacias 1 Myrtle, 3 Privet, 2 Stonepines, 1 Sugarbrush 4 Oaks and 4 white Mulberries' (Minute books, Central Records, St Kilda City Council, Melbourne).
Please cite as “FVM-66-06-16,” 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