Owing to the lack of trees, the district suffered much from want of summer dews and showers […]1
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It [i.e. the letter] further asked the Baron's help in obtaining trees for the District. Baron von Mueller sent a small case of American and European trees for distribution. These trees were divided among the householders, "who will be at pains to give a little attention to them during their first year of growth." The Baron sent the trees "partly under the authority given him under the industrial clause of regulations established in 1862 and partly in exchange for botanical specimens, seeds and plants which had been sent to him from Portarlington and District."
Letter not found. Letter dated May 1872 quoted in McLeod (1976), p. 21.
Please cite as “FVM-72-05-00a,” 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