Melbourne botan. Garden
17/11/70
Sir
I have the honor to enquire, whether it is permitted to obtain some tea tree at the lower Yarra, and if so, whether I can have a few loads cut for shading in the garden.1
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Director botan Garden
The Assistant Commissioner of Land & Survey
On 19 November 1870 Hodgkinson recommended: 'that the Govt Botanist be allowed to take six loads of tea tree from the north Bank of the Yarra below the Melbourne Gas Works'. The Board of Land and Works approved this recommendation on 30 November.
Please cite as “FVM-70-11-17a,” 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