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From Ferdinand von Mueller to James Grant   21 Aug 18681

Melbourne bot Garden

21/8/68.2

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the issue of a small volume as a garden-guide. A publication of this kind would serve much the purposes of useful information, and could be issued by a private publisher, who would find the sale of such a book remunerative. I for my own part desire no pecuniary advantage from such a publication.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your very obedient

Ferd. von Mueller

The hon J. M. Grant, M.P.

Pres. of the Board of Land & Works.3

1

MS annotation by J. M. Grant: 'Appd' [Approved]. However, the work appears not to have been published.

2

For reply, see C. Hodgkinson to M, 28 August 1868.

3

See also M to J. Hooker, 10 September 1868.

Please cite as “FVM-68-08-21a,” 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/68-08-21a