4th May [18]701
239/70.
Sir,
By direction of the Borough Council of Warrnambool I have the honour to thank you for your kind attention to their request for some plants for the Botanical Gardens here.
I have sent full instructions to Mr. Walker2 as to the description of plant that will be suitable and am desired by the Council to assure you that every care shall be taken so that they shall be properly seen to upon arrival.
As the formation of the Gardens is only at its commencement probably various descriptions of shrubs would be the best to make a start with.
I have the honour to be
Sir
Your obedient Servant
Henry T. Read.
Town Clerk
Dr. F. Mueller
Botanical Gardens
Melbourne
Please cite as “FVM-70-05-04,” 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