26 May 70.
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your letter of the 24th instant, stating that you will endeavour to supply the Department with the one hundred Pittosporum plants asked for.
In reply to your inquiry as to what varieties of Pittosporum are required, I beg to say that an assortment of strong plants of such varieties as you may be able to spare will suit the Department.
I have the honor to be,
Sir
Your obedt. servant
A. Wells
For & in the absence of the Engineer in Chief
Ferd[inan]d Von Mueller Esq. M.D. F.R.S. &c
Director Botanical Gardens
South Melbourne.1
Pittosporum
See M to T. Higinbotham, 24 May 1870, and M to T. Higinbotham, 27 May 1870 (in this edition as 70-05-27d).
Please cite as “FVM-70-05-26,” 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