17th July 1868
Private
My dear Dr Mueller
If you will keep bad company1 how can you expect other than to come to grief? Seriously I thank you for calling my attention to the impediment I have directed Mr Felstead to see to it and to get me an offer for any dead wood lying about the paddock or requiring removal —
Respecting the cost of ferrying the willow cuttings across the river, if when you are in town you will kindly call I will get the money which you have disbursed repaid to you. The Committee of the City Council to whom I mentioned the matter considered that we should not be justified in claiming the gratuitous services of the boatman who has charge of the baths —
Yours very faithfully
E. G. FitzGibbon
Please cite as “FVM-68-07-17,” 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