From Ferdinand von Mueller to James Casey 22 May 1873
MELBOURNE BOTANIC GARDEN.
APPLICATION FOR SUPPLY.
Reverend Edward Nolan
of St Patrick's College1
requests that he may be supplied with the following plants
from the Melbourne Botanic Garden for Roman Catholic College at Kew2
LIST.
Space for a large number, say 1000
X several hundred plant of trees & shrubs, miscellaneous
Recommended already3 for approval to the Honorable the Minister, as far as available. 5/5/73
F.v.M
9/4 1873 Signature of Applicant Ed. Nolan
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The items marked (X) can be supplied.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, 22 May 1873. Ferd. von Mueller Director.
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Received from the Gardens the above items, as marked approved.
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Notice. — No plants, cuttings, or seeds will be issued from these Gardens unless in exchange, or for public institutions or benevolent purposes.
East Melbourne.
MS is accompanied by a printed black-and-white print 73-05-22o_image01.jpg captioned 'COLLEGE OF ST FRANCIS XAVIER, KEW NEAR MELBOURNE' The image is of the intended building, for which foundations were laid in 1872, with the building being sufficiently complete to take students in 1878 (https://www.xavier.vic.edu.au/our-xavier-history, accessed 16 December 2021).
M had submitted Nolan's application with M to J. Casey, 19 May 1873.
Please cite as “FVM-73-05-22o,” 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