From [Thomas Higinbotham] to Ferdinand von Mueller   29 July 1869

29th July [186]9

Memo

The bearer, Mr J. Hood, has been sent by the Engineer in Chief to receive the shrubs which Dr Mueller was so good as to promise to supply to this Dept.

Mr Higinbotham would also be glad of some Fir trees for planting about Werribee Station, if any can be spared.1

[…]

pro Engineer in Chief2

Dr Ferd. Mueller F.R.S.

Director of Botanical Gardens.

For previous correspondence on this subject see T. Higinbotham to M, 21 May 1869; M to T. Higinbotham, 22 May 1869 (in this edition as 69-05-22a); and T. Higinbotham to M, 21 July 1869 (in this edition as 69-07-21a).

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Please cite as “FVM-69-07-29,” 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/69-07-29