September 20 [1867]1
Sir
I have the honor by direction of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society to inform you that it is the intention of the Council to plant the sides of the new work now being made in the Royal Park next season and they would be obliged if you could without inconvenience make arrangements for them to have at the proper season trees of the following varieties for this purpose, Pinus Cedrus, larch, Scotch fir & Norfolk Island pine and any others that you may deem suitable.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most Obedt Servant
Geo Sprigg
Scy
To Dr Mueller F.R.S.
Director of the Botanic Gardens
&c &c &c
Cedrus
Pinus
editorial addition; year established by the sequence in the letter-book.
Please cite as “FVM-67-09-20a,” 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