19/5/69
You will be surprised, dear Mr Pascoe, that I did not acknowledge your last letter earlier. The delay arose from a desire of fulfilling your wishes, but I have no Melias this year as the seeds did not grow, nor can I secure any plants as yet in Melbourne trade, though I will continue the enquiry. I have however sent you 100 plants of Grevillea robusta, which you must consider a valuable gift, as the means of raising that tree are as yet limited and so many hundred institutions apply for it. Those sent are the largest I have, large enough to be planted out, if well surrounded with branches for shade and shelter, and if regularly watered during the summer. It would be a pity if they were lost.
I can send you seeds of the white cedar, which in a moist gardenplot you might easily raise.
It is very generous of you to send me the £1 for Schaefer. Accept his best thanks from me
With kind regards
Ferd. von Mueller
Grevillea robusta
Melia
Please cite as “FVM-69-05-19c,” 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