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From Albert Purchas to Ferdinand von Mueller   15 May 1868

Melbourne

May 15th 1868.

Sir,

I have the honor, by direction of the Trustees of the Melbourne Genl. Cemetery,1 to request that you will favor them with the following plants for choice sites in the Cemetery, viz: 1 doz Torulosa2 and 2 doz. Lambertiana;3 I am also directed to state that the Trustees would thankfully receive any choice plants for placing in the ground round the Burke and Wills monument,4 which the Trustees intend to ornament as effectively as possible

I have the honor to be

Sir,

Your most obt Servt.

A. Purchas

Dr Mueller F.R.S.

&c &c &c

Director of the

Melbourne Botanic Gardens

Cupressus lambertiana

Cupressus torulosa

1

The Trustrees resolved at a meeting held on 13 May 1868 that this application should be made to M (Minute book 1).

2

Cupressus torulosa.

3

Cupressus lambertiana.

4

A large granite monument had been erected in 1864 on the tomb of Burke and Wills at the Melbourne General Cemetery.

Please cite as “FVM-68-05-15,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/68-05-15