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From Henry Read to Ferdinand von Mueller   26 May 1869

26th May 69

Sir

By direction of the Borough Council of Warrnambool I have the honor to beg that you will be good enough to supply them with any shrubs you can spare for the use of the Botanical Gardens.

The site set apart for the Gardens is about two miles from the sea shore and sheltered from the sea breeze by high ground and intervening timber.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your obedient Servant

Henry T. Read.

Town Clerk

Dr F. Mueller

Botanical Gardens

Melbourne1

1

M to H. Read, 29 May 1869, is the reply.

2

For a summary of the letter, see Warrnambool examiner, 11 June 1869, p. 2.

Please cite as “FVM-69-05-26,” 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/69-05-26