From Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy   19 Mar 1872

Requisition for Articles not included in the Annual Contracts, for the Department of the bot. Garden1

Quantity required

Articles (give full description, &c).

10,000 ten thousand paper labels for Museum plants according to sample2

To the Chairman of the Tender Board,

Stores and Transport Office, Melbourne

Head of Department, Ferd. von Mueller

Date, 19 March 1872

19/3/72.3

Submitted for the favorable consideration of the hon. the Chief Secretary.

Ferd. von Mueller

Only two of the columns on the form have been filled in; they are the only ones transcribed here.

A sample label is glued to the requisition form. It has 'PHYTOLOGIC MUSEUM OF MELBOURNE' at the top and 'BARON FERD. VON MUELLER, PH. & M.D.' at the bottom.

Note written on a separate sheet enclosed in the file.

Please cite as “FVM-72-03-19a,” 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/72-03-19a