Melbourne bot Garden
16/8/72
Sir
In reply to your letter,1 referring to my proposal of issuing sets of plants for educational purposes, I have the honor of now submitting to you a few samples to indicate the form of the publication and the manner in which it might be carried out.2
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Direct. botan. Garden
The honorable J. J. Casey &c &c
Minister of the Lands Department3
Letter not found.
See Lucas, Maroske & Brown-May (2006), pp. 34-6, and Maroske (2007).
Casey noted on 19 August 1872: 'Ack & say that as soon as I can obtain a little spare time I would like to have an interview with the Govt Botanist upon this & other subjects connected with the gardens'. This response was communicated in C. Hodgkinson to M, 21 August 1872 (in this edition as 72-08-21b).
Please cite as “FVM-72-08-16,” 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