Melbourne bot Garden
6/8/72.
Sir
I have the honor to submitting to you
1, a return of the plants supplied during a number of years from the nurseries of my Department to the industrial school ground at Sunbury.1
2, a statement of the gardener, who this year proceeded to that institution, to acquaint me from personal inspection with the new requirements of plants for that place.2
In 1870 the Forest Inspector3 proceeded to Sunbury to advise about the extension of the plants on that ground, and the selection then made was largely (and so far as the nurseries of my Department admitted of it) in accordance with his suggestion.
None of the plants in any of these years were planted by myself, as I have not been at the Sunbury Institution since I visited it with the honorable J. G. Francis in 1867.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your most obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller, M.D.,
Direct. botan Garden.
The honorable the Minister of the Lands Department
I understand that many of the growing Mulberry trees were uprooted and destroyed
The calls on my Department for supply for Sunbury were on various occasions so late in the season, that the supply of many important or desirable plants was exhausted.
Plants supplied for the grounds of the Industrial Schools at Sunbury from the Melbourne Botanic Garden4
1866
|
400 |
Mulberry | (Morus multicaulis |
|
250 |
do | " Morettiana |
|
12 |
Ginger plants, | the spurious hardy kind.5 |
|
6 |
Arrowroot | |
|
1 |
bundle Osiers | |
|
1 |
" Willows of different kinds | |
|
20 |
Geraniums assorted | |
|
20 |
various Roses | |
|
2 |
Ailantus | |
|
6 |
Sweet Potatoes | |
|
50 |
Wax Ash | |
|
4 |
Oriental Planes | |
|
2 |
Pomegranates | |
|
26 |
various Vines | |
|
2 |
Grasscloth plants | |
|
33 |
species Bulbs | |
|
150 |
miscellaneous plants | |
| various shrubs & seeds | ||
|
1 |
bundle Mulberry cuttings | |
|
1 |
" Rose cuttings |
1867
|
20 |
Blue Gums | |
|
160 |
ornamental shrubs | (incl. 27 in pots) |
|
1 |
Cork Oak | |
|
18 |
different Pines | |
|
2000 |
Stone Pines (2 years old) | not in pots but transplanted |
|
100 |
Haleppo Pines | |
|
400 |
Cluster Pines | |
|
10 |
Cork Oak | |
|
10 |
West Austral. Mahogany | |
|
10 |
Corynocarpus | |
|
10 |
Pinus insignis | |
|
10 |
P. excelsa | |
|
10 |
Tea plants | |
| various cuttings & plants | ||
|
800 |
Stone Pines. | not in pots but transplanted |
1868
|
20 |
select Pines | |
|
55 |
" pot plants | |
|
125 |
miscellan. Plants | |
|
20 |
do | |
|
25 |
bulbs |
1869
|
70 |
Blue Gums | |
|
50 |
Pittosporums | |
|
50 |
Thuya | |
|
6 |
Ficus macrophylla | |
|
2 |
Brachychiton | |
|
50 |
hardy shrubs | (110 of these in pots) |
1870
mainly in pots
|
100 |
Corynocarpus | |
|
100 |
Pinus Pinaster | |
|
175 |
P. Haleppensis6 | |
|
25 |
Cupressus Goveniana | |
|
25 |
C. Uhdeana | |
|
25 |
C. macrocarpa | |
|
25 |
C. Sinensis | |
|
25 |
C. Lindleyi | |
|
10 |
Brachychiton | |
|
20 |
Cordyline | |
|
10 |
Callitris | |
|
10 |
Ficus macroph.7 | |
|
6 |
Taxus baccata | |
|
3 |
Palms | |
|
2 |
Aralias | |
|
2 |
Melias | |
|
2 |
Bamboos | |
|
2 |
Prostanthera | |
|
1 |
Coprosma | |
|
1 |
Brachychiton | |
|
1 |
Elaeocarpus | |
|
1 |
Macadamia | |
|
1 |
Plagianthus |
nearly all in pots
|
1 |
Doryphora | |
|
1 |
Smilax | |
|
1 |
Cordyline | |
|
1 |
Pampas grass | |
|
2 |
Phormium | |
|
12 |
Manna Ash | |
|
12 |
White Poplars | |
|
40 |
Cupress. macroc.8 | |
|
55 |
do | |
|
36 |
" Uhdeana | |
|
64 |
" Lawsoniana | |
|
36 |
" Knightii9 | |
|
64 |
Quercus Suber | |
|
43 |
" castanea | |
|
42 |
Pinus Fremontiana | |
|
12 |
Quercus Ilex | |
|
12 |
White Poplars | |
|
40 |
Cupress. Lawsonia[na] | |
|
8 |
Araucaria | |
|
10 |
Quercus lanata | |
|
10 |
Quercus alba | |
|
20 |
Blue Gums | |
|
20 |
Cupress. Sinensis |
mainly in pots
|
60 |
Blue Gums | |
|
38 |
do | |
|
55 |
do | |
|
84 |
Corynocarpus | |
|
34 |
Cupress. macrocarp. | |
|
34 |
Maples | |
|
15 |
Callitris | |
|
24 |
Chinese Tea | |
|
12 |
Assam Tea | |
|
12 |
Hickories | |
|
12 |
Black Walnuts | |
|
64 |
Pittosporum | |
|
100 |
miscell. pot plants |
1871
mainly in pots
2000 different plants, including Pinus Sinensis, P. insignis, P. ponderosa P. Excelsa, American Oaks, Corynocarpus Eugenia, Cupressus macrocarpa, C. Lawsoniana, Araucaria Cunninghami, Arauc. Bidwilli10
further May 25th
|
10 |
Cupress. Lawsoniana | |
|
12 |
C. pyramidalis | |
|
12 |
Thuya | |
|
24 |
Elms | |
|
9 |
Gleditchia11 | |
|
36 |
Robinia | |
|
12 |
Osage Orange | |
|
24 |
Ceratonia | |
|
24 |
Himalayan bushes | |
|
10 |
C. funebris12 | |
|
100 |
Pinus excelsa | |
|
12 |
Acer pseudoplatanus | |
|
50 |
Cedrus Deodara | |
|
30 |
Blue Gums | |
|
43 |
miscell. plants. | |
|
12 |
miscellan. plants, | 20 Sultana grape cuttings Olive seeds. |
1872
1282, all good plants, in pots
|
50 |
Pinus insignis | |
|
3 |
P. Massoniana | |
|
50 |
Cupress. Benthami13 | |
|
20 |
C. glauca | |
|
6 |
C. funebris | |
|
6 |
C. Goveniana | |
|
6 |
C. macrocarpa | |
|
6 |
Frenela | |
|
6 |
Ceratonia | |
|
25 |
Pittosporum eugenoides14 | |
|
100 |
P. tenuifolium | |
|
75 |
Eucalyptus globulus | |
|
6 |
E. rostrata | |
|
19 |
Acacias of sorts | |
|
6 |
Eucalyptus of sorts | |
|
4 |
Cordyline | |
|
12 |
Myrsine |
(all in pots)
|
100 |
Pittosporum Tenuifol | |
|
100 |
Pinus excelsa | |
|
100 |
P. insignis | |
|
50 |
Eucalyptus of sorts | |
|
10 |
Cedrus Deodara | |
|
6 |
Acacia | |
|
200 |
miscellaneous pot plants | |
|
100 |
Callitris | |
|
100 |
Cupressus glauca | |
|
20 |
Cupress. Benthami | |
|
20 |
Pinus Pinaster | |
|
20 |
Cupressus macroc. | |
|
50 |
Cupr. torulosa | |
|
100 |
British Oaks | |
|
6 |
Himalayan Bushes | |
|
100 |
Blue Gums | |
|
22 |
Elms | |
|
40 |
Cupress. semperv15 |
(882 of these in pots)
Acacia
Acer pseudoplatanus
Ailantus
Aralia
Araucaria Bidwilli
Araucaria Cunninghami
Brachychiton
Callitris
Cedrus Deodara
Ceratonia
Coprosma
Cordyline
Corynocarpus
Cupressus Benthami
Cupressus funebris
Cupressus glauca
Cupressus Goveniana
Cupressus Knightii
Cupressus Lawsoniana
Cupressus Lindleyi
Cupressus macrocarpa
Cupressus pyramidalis
Cupressus sempervirens
Cupressus Sinensis
Cupressus torulosa
Cupressus Uhdeana
Doryphora
Elaeocarpus
Eucalyptus globulus
Eucalyptus rostrata
Eugenia
Ficus macrophylla
Frenela
Geranium
Gleditchia
Macadamia
Morus Morettiana
Morus multicaulis
Melia
Myrsine
Phormium
Pinus excelsa
Pinus Fremontiana
Pinus Haleppensis
Pinus insignis
Pinus Massoniana
Pinus Pinaster
Pinus ponderosa
Pittosporum eugenoides
Pittosporum tenuifolium
Plagianthus
Prostanthera
Quercus alba
Quercus castanea
Quercus Ilex
Quercus lanata
Quercus Suber
Robinia
Smilax
Taxus baccata
Thuya
It is not clear whether this list was requested by Casey, but if not M may have anticipated a request after a critical account appeared in Age (Melbourne), 3 August 1872, p. 4: 'We understand the whole, or nearly the whole of the trees planted out by Dr. Mueller on the Sunbury Industrial School ground have died, and Mr. Ferguson has received instructions from the Chief Secretary to purchase a sufficient number of trees suitable for the locality, and to undertake the supervision of the planting himself'. M's letter is marked: 'Noted by President [i.e. Casey, President of the Board of Lands and Works] 13/8/72'.
C. French to M, 5 August 1872.
William Ferguson (1827-1887).
MS written by a clerk and occasionally annotated by M.
the spurious hardy kind. is written by M.
P. halepensis?
F. macrophylla.
Cupressus macrocarpa.
Not in IPNI with this spelling, but found in other sources, for example Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette, 21 April 1860, p. 362.
A. bidwillii?
Not in IPNI, but in Watson (1825), vol. 2, p. 138.
Probably Cupressus funebris.
Not in IPNI with this spelling, but in McIntosh (1853), vol. 1, p. 736.
P. eugenioides?
C. sempervirens
Please cite as “FVM-72-08-06,” 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