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From Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller   20 Feb 1873

20th. February

Sir,

I have the honor to forward the accompanying copy of an application by the Committee of the Hotham Cricket Club1 for a portion of land (shewn by pink tint on the enclosed tracing2) in the Royal Park, for cricketing purposes, and to request you will be good enough to favor this Department with the opinion of the Trustees of that Park relative to such application. 3

Sir,4

Baron von Mueller

Secretary to the Trustees of the Royal Park,

Botanic Garden.

1

A copy of the application is filed with this letter.

2

Tracing not found.

3

See M to C. Hodgkinson, 1 March 1873, which also provides the basis for dating this letter to 1873.

4

The normal valediction is not included on the file copy of the letter.

Please cite as “FVM-73-02-20a,” 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/73-02-20a