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From Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller   28 Aug 1868

Office of Lands & Survey,

Melbourne, 28th Augst., 1868.

Sir,

In acknowledgment of your communication of 21st. instant,1 requesting authority to issue a small volume as a Garden Guide, I have the honor to inform you that the President of the Board of Land and Works has signified his approval of your proposal.2

I have the honor to be,

Sir

Your most obedient servant,3

Assist. Commr. of Lands and Survey.

The Government Botanist,

&c, &c, &c,

Melbourne

1

See M to J. Grant, 21 August 1868 (in this edition as 68-08-21a).

2

No such Garden Guide seems to have been published.

3

Signature illegible.

Please cite as “FVM-68-08-28,” 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/68-08-28