Town Hall St Kilda
27th April 1867
Sir
By direction of the Council of the Borough of St Kilda I do myself the honor to apply for a quantity of plants and shrubs for the East St Kilda recreation reserve and for the Public Gardens. The former require a large and general assortment as no planting has been done there yet. I subjoin a list of some that will be required.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your Obedient Servant
E. Bradshaw
Town Clerk
Dr. Mueller F.R.S.
Botanical Gardens
South Yarra
Grevillea Robusta, Corynocarpus, Hibiscus, Daphne Ficus Macrophylla (a few large plants) Cuphea, Azaleas, Cedrus, Cryptomerias, Cupressus, Pinus, Taxus Wellingtonia (Washingtonia) a few, Catalpha,1 Hovea, Acmena floribunda
Laurus, Pittosporums, Protea, Myrtus, Ilex &c
Acmena floribunda
Azalea
Catalpha
Cedrus
Corynocarpus
Cuphea
Cupressus
Cyptomeria
Daphne
Ficus Macrophylla
Grevillea Robusta
Hibiscus
Hovea
Ilex
Laurus
Myrtus
Pinus
Pittosporum
Protea
Taxus
Washingtonia
Wellingtonia
Catalpa?
Please cite as “FVM-67-04-27a,” 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