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From Clement Hodgkinson to Ferdinand von Mueller   9 Apr 1873

Office of Lands and Survey,

Melbourne, 9th Apl, 1873.

Sir,

The Honorable The Minister of Lands and Agriculture having directed me to arrange for Mr Ferguson1 to come to Town for the purpose of selecting from the Botanical Gardens such nursery plants as are required to stock the Macedon Nursery, and to instruct you to furnish same, I beg to request that you will inform me on what day it will be convenient for you to meet Mr Ferguson at the Botanical Gardens for such purpose.2

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedt Servant,

Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Survey.3

Baron Von Mueller,

Government Botanist,

&c &c &c

Botanical Gardens,

Melbourne.

1

William Ferguson.

2

See M to J. Casey, 1 May 1873 (in this edition as 73-05-01b) and notes thereto.

3

The file copy is unsigned.

Please cite as “FVM-73-04-09,” 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/73-04-09