Melbourne bot Garden,
26/4/73
At last, dear Mr Ramsay, the plants for you have been shipped by the Steamer, leaving to day. As you know how ruinously my Department has been curtailed in means, it will not be necessary to excuse the unavoidable delay, thus also arising in this instance.
Regardfully your
Ferd. Von Mueller
Please cite as “FVM-73-04-26b,” 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