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From Henry Read to Ferdinand von Mueller   15 May 1868

15 May 1868

Sir

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your favour of the 28th ulto1 and beg on behalf of the Borough Council to thank you for your kind attention to their application.

The Council have caused about Ten acres of the land upon which the sand encroaches to be fenced in and they are anxious to try the experiment of planting grasses etc upon a portion of this piece.

It will be immediately ploughed & I am directed by the Council to beg that you will be good enough to forward per steamer "Edina" the maratime pines & any other plants you can spare. A person is to be appointed to watch the progress of the young plants & seeds & to see that no traffic of any sort takes place on the portion of ground enclosed.2

If you would send me the cost of cartage etc. I will remit the same to you.

I have, etc.

Henry T. Read.

Town Clerk.

Dr. F. Mueller

Melbourne.

1

M to H. Read, 28 April 1868.

2

M sent plants by Edina, as requested, detailing what he had sent in M to H. Read, 27 May 1868.

Please cite as “FVM-68-05-15a,” 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/68-05-15a