Melbourne bot. Garden
30/10/68
Sir
I have the honor to express my best thanks for your attentive reply to my letter,1 in which I expressed the desirability that phytological collections might be formed in Arnhem's Land during the intended survey. Since I now perceive, that already very thoughtfully preliminary arrangements are made for this purpose of collecting, I would merely express my willingness to give an accurate account of such collections, if a full set of specimens is kindly granted to my department after the return of the survey-party.2
I have the honor to be
Sir
your very obedient
Ferd. von Mueller
W3 Goyder Esq. &c &c &c
Surveyor General of South Australia.
See G. Goyder to M, 21 October 1868, replying to M to G. Goyder, 6 October 1868.
On 12 November 1868, Goyder minuted: 'Reply that [care will be taken to ensure Dr Schomburgk having the whole of the collection under deleted] & that in all cases where duplicates can be collected they will be secured'. A further note dated 17 November states: 'Acted on'.
See also J. Blackmore to M, 26 May 1869 (in this edition as 69-05-26b).
sic.
Please cite as “FVM-68-10-30,” 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