May 16th [186]71
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th Inst2 accompanying the [vine] cuttings sent to the Royal Park. I am directed by the Council to say that they will gladly accept your offer to fill one of the cases with Norfolk Island pines for transmission to Paris and as the course of a day or two I will send the case to the Botanic Gardens for the fulfillment of your kind favour.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most Obedt Servant
Geo Sprigg
Scy
To Dr Mueller F.R.S.
&c &c &c
Please cite as “FVM-67-05-16,” 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