From Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Higinbotham   27 May 1870

Melbourne botan. Garden,

27/5/70.

Sir

I have the honor of forwarding herewith one hundred of miscellaneous Pittosporum plants in pots for the Railway Reserves at Ballarat. The plants are in the second year of growth and fit to be placed into permanent positions this season.

I have the honor to be, Sir, your obed. servant

Ferd. von Mueller, M. D.

Direct. botan. Garden.1

The Engineer in Chief of the Railway Department

Ballarat.

Pittosporum

See T. Higinbotham to M, 23 May 1870 (in this edition as 70-05-23a), and M To T. Higinbotham, 24 May 1870.

Please cite as “FVM-70-05-27d,” 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/70-05-27d