22nd May [18]721
Sir
By direction of the Borough Council of Warrnambool I have the honor again to beg you to be good enough to supply them with whatever plants you can spare for the use of the Botanical Gardens in this borough.
Mr. D. Maclean, a member of the Council, will present this to you and will inform you as to the nature of the shrubs etc and will also make all necessary arrangements for safely forwarding them down.
Thanking you for former favors and your uniform kind attention.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient Servant
Henry T. Read
Town Clerk.
Dr F. Mueller
Botanical Gardens
Melbourne.
editorial addition.
Please cite as “FVM-72-05-22,” 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